Pterotriamescaptor primus Cockerell 1921

Insecta - Orthoptera - Gryllotalpidae

Alternative combination: Gryllotalpa prima

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1921. Fossil arthropods in the British Museum - VI. Oligocene insects from Gurnet Bay, Isle of Wight. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series 7:453-480

Belongs to Pterotriamescaptor according to A. V. Gorochov 2019

See also Cockerell 1921 and Gorochov 1992

Sister taxa: Pterotriamescaptor americanus, Pterotriamescaptor tridactylinus

Type specimen: BMNH In. 24327, a tegmen. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Hooley coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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