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Opsiomylacris elegans

Insecta - Blattodea - Mylacridae

Taxonomy
Opsiomylacris elegans was named by Müller (1975). Its type specimen is SW 155/13a,b, a tegmen, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Kesselgraben near Friedrichroda, Suhl district, which is in an Asselian fluvial-lacustrine shale in the Goldlauter Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Opsiomylacris (Posteriomylacris) elegans by Müller (1975).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Opsiomylacris (Posteriomylacris) elegans Müller p. 630 figs. Pl 5, figs 1,2; text-figs 6c, 7
1975Opsiomylacris elegans Müller p. 630 figs. Pl 5, figs 1,2; text-figs 6c, 7
1983Opsiomylacris elegans Schneider p. 113

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
—Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
familyMylacridae()
genusOpsiomylacris
specieselegans

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.

†Opsiomylacris elegans Müller 1975
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015
Collections
No collection or age range data are available