†Brachyptera schmidti Illies 1967 (winter stonefly)
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Insecta - Plecoptera - Taeniopterygidae
Full reference: J. Illies. 1967. Megaloptera und Plecoptera (Ins.) aus den jungpliozänen Süßwassermergeln von Willershausen. Bericht der Naturhistorischen Gesellschaft zu Hannover 111:47-55
Belongs to Brachyptera according to N. D. Sinitshenkova 1987
See also Illies 1967
Sister taxon: Brachyptera dewalti
Type specimen: GZG 10991, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Willershausen clay pit (GZG collection), which is in a Piacenzian pond marl in Germany.
Ecology: volant detritivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Willershausen clay pit (GZG collection)
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