Liomopterites ulterior Aristov and Mostovski 2013 (ice crawler)

Insecta - Grylloblattodea - Liomopteridae

Full reference: D. S. Aristov and M. B. Mostovski. 2013. Grylloblattids (Insecta, Grylloblattida) from the Upper Permian of South Africa. Paleontological Journal 47:495-502

Belongs to Liomopterites according to D. S. Aristov and M. B. Mostovski 2013

Sister taxa: Liomopterites accolis, Liomopterites amanakicis, Liomopterites annosus, Liomopterites argutus, Liomopterites comans, Liomopterites exoticus, Liomopterites expletus, Liomopterites festivus, Liomopterites germanicus, Liomopterites junctus, Liomopterites meridionalis, Liomopterites novissimus, Liomopterites proximus, Liomopterites sperbersbachensis, Liomopterites suhonensis, Liomopterites svetlanae

Type specimen: NM 980, a forewing. Its type locality is Lidgetton (Lid 111), which is in a Changhsingian delta plain shale in the Estcourt Formation of South Africa.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Lidgetton (Lid 111)

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