Alexahymen aestatis Brauckmann 1991 (winged insect)

Insecta - Megasecoptera - Bardohymenidae

Alternative combination: Aspidothorax aestatis

Full reference: C. Brauckmann. 1991. Ein neuer Insekten-Rest (Megasecoptera) aus dem Ober-Karbon von Osnabrück. Osnabrücker Naturwissenschaftliche Mitteilungen 17:25-32

Belongs to Alexahymen according to M. Pecharová et al. 2020

See also Brauckmann 1991 and Brauckmann and Herd 2002

Sister taxon: Alexahymen maruska

Type specimen: Wuppertal Museum Coll. G. Sommer, a wing (right wing). Its type locality is Piesberg quarry, "Flöz Zweibänke" (Museum Wuppertal collection), which is in a Westphalian D lacustrine deltaic claystone in Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Piesberg quarry, "Flöz Zweibänke" (Museum Wuppertal collection)

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