Insecta - Dicondylia - Chresmodidae

Synonyms: Halometra gigantea Germar 1839, Halometra minor Oppenheim 1888, Propygolampis bronni Weyenbergh 1874, Pygolampis gigantea Germar 1839, Sternarthron zitteli Haase 1890

Full reference: E. F. Germar. 1839. Die versteinerten Insecten Solenhofens. Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum 19(1):187-222

Belongs to Chresmoda according to F. M. Carpenter 1932

See also Deichmüller 1886, Delclòs et al. 2008, Germar 1839, Haase 1890, Haase 1890, Handlirsch 1906, Martynov 1928, Oppenheim 1888, Scudder 1885, Weyenbergh 1869 and Weyenbergh 1874

Sister taxa: Chresmoda aquatica, Chresmoda chikuni, Chresmoda libanica, Chresmoda mongolica, Chresmoda multinervis, Chresmoda neotropica, Chresmoda orientalis, Chresmoda oweni, Chresmoda shihi

Type specimens:

• Chresmoda obscura: Its type locality is Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany
• Halometra gigantea:
• Halometra minor: BSPGM AS I 822, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.
• Propygolampis bronni: Its type locality is Solnhofen (Teyler Museum Collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.
• Pygolampis gigantea: Its type locality is Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.
• Sternarthron zitteli: BSPGM 413.1870.VII.45, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

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