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Polyetoblatta calopteryx

Insecta - Blattodea - Necymylacridae

Taxonomy
Polyetoblatta calopteryx was named by Handlirsch (1906). Its type specimen is USNM 25633, a forewing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Road from Hampton to Peachtree Creek, which is in a Westphalian terrestrial /coal in West Virginia.

It was recombined as Archimylacris calopteryx by Schneider (1983), Jarzembowski and Schneider (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Polyetoblatta calopteryx Handlirsch p. 184 figs. Pl XVIII fig 55
1920Polyetoblatta calopteryx Handlirsch p. 435
1922Polyetoblatta calopteryx Handlirsch p. 111
1983Archimylacris calopteryx Schneider p. 109
1984Polyetoblatta calopteryx Durden p. 178
2007Archimylacris calopteryx Jarzembowski and Schneider p. 450

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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
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
—Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
familyNecymylacridae
genusPolyetoblatta
speciescalopteryx

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.

†Polyetoblatta calopteryx Handlirsch 1906
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Westphalian or 318.70000 to 307.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian318.7 - 307.4USA (West Virginia) Polyetoblatta calopteryx (type locality: 125247)