Insecta - Blattodea - Mylacridae
Alternative combinations: Blattoidea diplodiscus, Dipeltis diplodiscus
Full reference: A. S. Packard. 1885. Types of Carboniferous Xiphosura new to North America. The American Naturalist 19:291-294
Belongs to Mylacris according to E. H. Sellards 1904
See also Handlirsch 1906 and Packard 1885
Sister taxa: Mylacris abrupta, Mylacris alutacea, Mylacris ampla, Mylacris analis, Mylacris angusta, Mylacris anthracophila, Mylacris antiqua, Mylacris burri, Mylacris dubia, Mylacris lapsa, Mylacris lucifuga, Mylacris maior, Mylacris ovalis, Mylacris paradoxa, Mylacris pennsylvanica, Mylacris pulchra, Mylacris rugulosa, Mylacris sellardsi, Mylacris similis, Mylacris truncata, Mylacris truncatula, Mylacris virginiana, Promylacris ovalis, Chalepomylacris pulchra, Actinomylacris similis, Lithomylacris gallica, Lithomylacris ataxica
Type specimen: USNM 38864, a nymph
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Illinois collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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