Lithosialis carbonaria Germar 1842

Insecta - Protorthoptera

Alternative combinations: Acridites carbonarius, Acriditis carbonatus, Blattina carbonaria

Full reference: E. F. Germar. 1842. Beschreibung einiger neuen fossilen Insecten I. in den lithographischen Schiefern von Bayern und II. im Schieferthon des Steinkohlen-Gebirges von Wettin. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 5:79-94

Belongs to Acridites according to A. Handlirsch 1922

See also Germar 1842, Handlirsch 1906, Heer 1864, Scudder 1885 and von Schlechtendal 1913

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Wettin, which is in a Stephanian C terrestrial shale in the Ottweiler Stufe Formation of Germany

Distribution: found only at Wettin

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