Permomerope nanus Riek 1953

Insecta - Protomeroptera - Protomeropidae

Alternative combination: Microptysmodes nanus

Full reference: E. F. Riek. 1953. Fossil mecopteroid insects from the Upper Permian of New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 23(2):55-87

Belongs to Permomerope according to R. Willmann 1978

See also Riek 1953 and Sukacheva 1976

Sister taxa: Permomerope australis, Permomerope karaungirica, Permomerope natalensis, Permomerope ramosa

Type specimen: AM F40233, a forewing. Its type locality is Warner's Bay, Belmont (AMF coll), which is in a Changhsingian pond chert in the Croudace Bay Formation of Australia.

Distribution: found only at Warner's Bay, Belmont (AMF coll)

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