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Delopterum

Insecta - Miomoptera - Palaeomanteidae

Taxonomy

Delopterum was named by Sellards (1909). It is not extant. Its type is Delopterum minutum. It is the type genus of Delopteridae.

It was assigned to Delopteridae by Handlirsch (1919), Handlirsch (1922), Carpenter (1933) and Zimmerman (1962); to Palaeomantidae by Zhuzhgova (2002) and Beckemeyer (2004); and to Palaeomanteidae by Martynova (1961), Rasnitsyn (2004), Rasnitsyn and Aristov (2013) and Prokop et al. (2017).

Species

D. anale, D. candidum, D. commune, D. hangardi, D. iljinskiense, D. incertum, D. insigne, D. kaltanicum, D. minutum (syn. D. dunbari) (type species), D. pantherinum, D. radtshenkoi, D. rasnitsyni, D. truncatum, D. zonatum

Synonyms

Pseudomantis was named by Martynov (1928).

It was synonymized subjectively with Delopterum by Carpenter (1933).

It was assigned to Palaeomantidae by Martynov (1928) and Martynov (1930).
Leptoneurula was named by Martynov (1928).

It was synonymized subjectively with Pseudomantis by Martynov (1930); it was synonymized subjectively with Delopterum by Rasnitsyn (2004).

It was assigned to Palaeomantidae by Martynov (1928).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1909	Delopterum Sellards
1919	Delopterum Handlirsch p. 556
1922	Delopterum Handlirsch p. 93
1928	Pseudomantis Martynov p. 72
1928	Leptoneurula Martynov p. 77
1930	Pseudomantis Martynov p. 1122
1933	Delopterum Carpenter
1961	Delopterum Martynova p. 239
1962	Delopterum Zimmerman p. 1329
2002	Delopterum Zhuzhgova
2004	Delopterum Beckemeyer p. 218
2004	Delopterum Rasnitsyn p. 230
2013	Delopterum Rasnitsyn and Aristov p. 688
2017	Delopterum Prokop et al. p. 8

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta

Rank	Name	Author
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Clareocercaria
order	Miomoptera
family	Palaeomanteidae	()
genus	Delopterum	Sellards 1909

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.

G. †Delopterum Sellards 1909

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†Delopterum anale Martynov 1928

†Delopterum candidum Zhuzhgova 2002

†Delopterum commune Rasnitsyn 2004

†Delopterum hangardi Guthorl 1950

†Delopterum iljinskiense Martynova 1961

†Delopterum incertum Martynov 1928

†Delopterum insigne Martynov 1928

†Delopterum kaltanicum Martynova 1961

†Delopterum minutum Sellards 1909

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Invalid names: Delopterum dunbari Tillyard 1928 [synonym]

†Delopterum pantherinum Rasnitsyn 2004

†Delopterum radtshenkoi Martynova 1961

†Delopterum rasnitsyni Novokshonov 2000

†Delopterum truncatum Kukalová 1963

†Delopterum zonatum Rasnitsyn 2004

Invalid names: Leptoneurula Martynov 1928 [synonym], Pseudomantis Martynov 1928 [synonym]

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: base of the Asselian to the top of the Wordian or 298.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (15 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Asselian	298.9 - 295.5	Czech Republic	D. sp., D. truncatum (114186)
Asselian	298.9 - 295.5	USA (New Mexico)	D. sp., D. commune (124385) D. zonatum, D. commune, D. pantherinum (124386)
Artinskian	290.1 - 279.3	USA (Kansas)	D. minutum (21979 111319 111320 114151) D. minutum, D. dunbari (111219)
Artinskian	290.1 - 279.3	USA (Oklahoma)	D. minutum (104826)
Kungurian	279.3 - 272.3	Russian Federation	D. candidum (107787)
Kungurian	279.3 - 272.3	Russian Federation (Suksun)	D. rasnitsyni (108206)
Roadian	272.3 - 268.8	Russian Federation (Kazan)	Pseudomantis sp. (116803)
Roadian	272.3 - 268.8	Russian Federation	Pseudomantis incerta, Leptoneurula insignis, Leptoneurula analis (116456)
Roadian	272.3 - 268.8	Russian Federation (Kemerovo)	D. radtshenkoi, D. kaltanicum (122568)
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	Russian Federation (Kemerovo)	D. iljinskiense (122566)