Orthomylacris pennsylvaniae Handlirsch 1920 (cockroach)

Insecta - Blattodea - Mylacridae

Invalid subtaxa: Orthomylacris elongata Handlirsch 1906, Orthomylacris pennsylvanica Handlirsch 1906 [replaced name], Orthomylacris rugulosa Handlirsch 1906

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1920. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der palaeozoischen Blattarien. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 129:431-461

Belongs to Orthomylacris according to A. Handlirsch 1922

See also Durden 1969, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1920 and Schneider 1983

Sister taxa: Orthomylacris alutacea, Orthomylacris analis, Orthomylacris berryi, Orthomylacris contorta, Orthomylacris cordiformis, Orthomylacris delicatula, Orthomylacris franklini, Orthomylacris gurleyi, Orthomylacris hastata, Orthomylacris heeri, Orthomylacris mansfieldi, Orthomylacris mathieui, Orthomylacris northi, Orthomylacris pauperata, Orthomylacris pittstoniana, Orthomylacris pluteus, Orthomylacris recta, Orthomylacris rigida, Phthinomylacris medialis

Type specimens:

  • Orthomylacris pennsylvaniae: USNM 38748, a tegmen (fragment). Its type locality is Lorberry gap, Sharp Mountain, Tremont, which is in a Westphalian C/Westphalian D terrestrial siliciclastic in Pennsylvania.
  • Orthomylacris elongata: USNM 25687, a tegmen. Its type locality is Lorberry gap, Sharp Mountain, Tremont, which is in a Westphalian C/Westphalian D terrestrial siliciclastic in Pennsylvania.
  • Orthomylacris pennsylvanica: USNM 38748, a tegmen (fragment). Its type locality is Lorberry gap, Sharp Mountain, Tremont, which is in a Westphalian C/Westphalian D terrestrial siliciclastic in Pennsylvania.
  • Orthomylacris rugulosa: USNM 38791, a tegmen. Its type locality is Lorberry gap, Sharp Mountain, Tremont, which is in a Westphalian C/Westphalian D terrestrial siliciclastic in Pennsylvania.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Lorberry gap, Sharp Mountain, Tremont

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