Protophasma Brongniart 1878 (insect)

Insecta - Eoblattida - Protophasmatidae

Full reference: C. Brongniart. 1878. Note sur la découverte d'un Orthoptère coureur de la famille des phasmiens (Protophasma dumasi) dans les terrains supra-houilleres de Commentry (Allier). Bulletin des Séances de la Société Entomologique de France 1878(1):69-70

Parent taxon: Protophasmatidae according to D. S. Aristov 2015

See also Carpenter 1992, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1919 and Handlirsch 1922

Sister taxa: Cacurgulopsis, Heterologellus, Nectoptilus, Nosipteron, Permeoblatta, Pintopinna, Taiophlebia

Subtaxa: Protophasma dumasi Protophasma dumasii Protophasma galtieri Protophasma multidiffusa

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Type: Protophasma dumasi

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of France (1 collection), Germany (1), United States (1: Illinois)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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