Insecta - Blattodea - Mylacridae
Alternative combination: Orthomylacris truncatula
Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Revision of American Paleozoic insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29(1441):661-820
Belongs to Mylacris according to J. Schneider 1983
See also Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1920 and Handlirsch 1922
Sister taxa: Mylacris abrupta, Mylacris alutacea, Mylacris ampla, Mylacris analis, Mylacris angusta, Mylacris anthracophila, Mylacris antiqua, Mylacris burri, Mylacris diplodiscus, 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 virginiana, Lithomylacris ataxica, Lithomylacris gallica, Promylacris ovalis, Chalepomylacris pulchra, Actinomylacris similis
Type specimen: USNM 38773, a tegmen. Its type locality is Port Griffith railway cut, near Pittston, which is in a Westphalian D terrestrial siliciclastic in the Llewellyn Formation of Pennsylvania.
Distribution: found only at Port Griffith railway cut, near Pittston
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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