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Prototettix lithanthraca

Insecta - Protorthoptera

Taxonomy
Gryllacris lithanthraca was named by Goldenberg (1854). It is an impression. Its type locality is Fischbach, Rußhütte, which is in a Westphalian C lacustrine shale in the Lower Saarbrucker layer Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Genopteryx lithanthraca by Scudder (1885), Scudder (1885); it was recombined as Lithophasma lithanthraca by Brongniart (1885); it was considered a nomen nudum by Goldenberg (1852); it was recombined as Prototettix lithanthraca by Giebel (1856), Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1908), von Schlechtendal (1913), Handlirsch (1919), Handlirsch (1922), Waterlot (1934), Guthörl (1934).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Gryllacris lithanthraca Goldenberg p. 24 figs. Pl 4 fig 1,2
1856Prototettix lithanthraca Giebel p. 306
1873Gryllacris lithanthraca Goldenberg p. 20 figs. Pl 2, fig 17
1885Lithophasma lithanthraca Brongniart p. 59
1885Genopteryx lithanthraca Scudder p. 328
1906Prototettix lithanthraca Handlirsch p. 136 figs. Pl XIV fig 5
1908Prototettix lithanthraca Handlirsch p. 1348
1913Prototettix lithanthraca von Schlechtendal p. 131 figs. Pl 1, fig 11; pl 10, fig 3
1919Prototettix lithanthraca Handlirsch p. 541
1922Prototettix lithanthraca Handlirsch p. 76
1934Prototettix lithanthraca Guthörl p. 97 figs. 56; Pl 15 fig 4, Pl 16 fig 1
1934Prototettix lithanthraca Waterlot p. 173 fig. 51

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
RankNameAuthor
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderProtorthoptera
genusPrototettix
specieslithanthraca()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Prototettix lithanthraca Goldenberg 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available