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Prolystra

Insecta - Hemiptera - Palaeontinidae

Taxonomy

Prolystra was named by Oppenheim (1888).

It was assigned to Palaeontinidae by Handlirsch (1906), Hamilton (1992) and Wang et al. (2010).

Species

P. lithographica (syn. Beloptesis gigantea, Beloptesis oppenheimi, Protopsyche braueri)

Synonyms

Beloptesis was named by Handlirsch (1906).

It was synonymized subjectively with Prolystra by Wang et al. (2010).

It was assigned to Palaeontinidae by Handlirsch (1906) and Hamilton (1992).
Protopsyche was named by Handlirsch (1906).

It was synonymized subjectively with Prolystra by Wang et al. (2010).

It was assigned to Palaeontinidae by Handlirsch (1906) and Hamilton (1992).
Cicadites was named by Haase (1890).

It was synonymized subjectively with Prolystra by Wang et al. (2010).
Paleohomoptera was named by Meunier (1897).

It was synonymized objectively with Prolystra by Handlirsch (1906).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1888	Prolystra Oppenheim p. 228
1890	Cicadites Haase p. 18
1897	Paleohomoptera Meunier p. 20
1906	Protopsyche Handlirsch p. 623
1906	Prolystra Handlirsch p. 624
1906	Beloptesis Handlirsch p. 625
1992	Beloptesis Hamilton p. 427
1992	Prolystra Hamilton p. 427
1992	Protopsyche Hamilton p. 427
2010	Prolystra Wang et al. p. 574

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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
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Clareocercaria
—	Acercaria	()
superorder	Pancondylognatha
—	Condylognatha
order	Hemiptera
suborder	Auchenorrhyncha	()
infraorder	Cicadomorpha	Evans 1946
infraorder	Prosbolomorpha	Popov 1980
superfamily	Palaeontinoidea	Handlirsch 1906
family	Palaeontinidae
genus	Prolystra

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. †Prolystra Oppenheim 1888

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†Prolystra lithographica Oppenheim 1888

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Invalid names: Beloptesis gigantea Weyenbergh 1874 [synonym], Beloptesis oppenheimi Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Protopsyche braueri Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]

Invalid names: Beloptesis Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Cicadites Haase 1890 [synonym], Paleohomoptera Meunier 1897 [objective synonym], Protopsyche Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
B. Wang et al. 2010	Body robust. Mesonotum width about 20 mm, clearly wider than abdomen. Forewing triangular, length 43–46 mm; vein Sc unbranched; veins RA, RP and M separating at one point. Hindwing small; vein M4-branched.

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: Early/Lower Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian	150.8 - 145.0	Germany (Bavaria)	P. lithographica (123984)
Early/Lower Tithonian	150.8 - 145.0	Germany	P. lithographica (122880)
Early/Lower Tithonian	150.8 - 145.0	Germany (Bayern)	Cicada gigantea (123906) Eocicada lameeri (139553) P. lithographica (123985 133578 133599 139548 139551) Protopsyche braueri, Beloptesis oppenheimi (123144)