Liomoptoides similis Riek 1973 (ice crawler)

Insecta - Grylloblattodea

Full reference: E. F. Riek. 1973. Fossil insects from the Upper Permian of Natal, South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 21(3):513-532

Belongs to Liomoptoides according to D. E. van Dijk and H. Geertsema 1999

See also Riek 1973 and Storozhenko 1998

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NM 841ab, a wing (wing fragment). Its type locality is Mooi River Locality, which is in a Changhsingian delta plain shale in South Africa.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Permian of South Africa (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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