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Mylacris pennsylvanica

Insecta - Blattodea - Mylacridae

Taxonomy
Mylacris pennsylvanicum was named by Scudder (1879). It is an impression. Its type locality is Cannelton, Vein C, which is in a Westphalian D terrestrial shale in the Llewellyn Formation of Pennsylvania.

It was recombined as Orthomylacris pennsylvanica by Handlirsch (1920) and Handlirsch (1922); it was considered a nomen dubium by Handlirsch (1906); it was corrected as Mylacris pennsylvanica by Scudder (1895), Durden (1969) and Schneider (1983).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Mylacris pennsylvanicum Scudder p. 44 figs. Pl 5 figs 13, 14
1884Mylacris pennsylvanicum Scudder p. 302 figs. Pl 27, fig 11
1884Mylacris priscovolans Scudder p. 307 figs. Pl 27 fig 9
1895Mylacris priscovolans Scudder p. 46
1895Mylacris pennsylvanica Scudder p. 47
1920Orthomylacris pennsylvanica Handlirsch p. 454
1920Paromylacris priscovolans Handlirsch p. 456
1922Orthomylacris pennsylvanica Handlirsch p. 176
1969Mylacris pennsylvanica Durden p. 1168
1983Mylacris pennsylvanica Schneider p. 111

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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()
genusMylacris
speciespennsylvanica()

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.

Mylacris pennsylvanica Scudder 1879
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Invalid names: Mylacris priscovolans Scudder 1884 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available