Polyetopsis elegantissima Meunier 1921 (ice crawler)

Insecta - Grylloblattodea - Epideigmatidae

Alternative combinations: Laurentiaupterum elegantissima, Laurentiaupterum elegantissimum, Polyetes elegantissima

Full reference: F. Meunier. 1921. Nouvelles recherches sur les insectes du terrain houiller de Commentry (Allier) (Troisème partie) Orthoptères Blattidae. Annales de Paléontologie 10:59-168

Belongs to Polyetopsis according to M. E. Clapham 2023

See also Aristov 2011, Béthoux et al. 2005, Handlirsch 1937 and Meunier 1921

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNHN-DHT-R51181, a forewing (left forewing). Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Commentry (MNHN later coll)

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