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Tectoptilus grehanti

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Spilapteridae

Taxonomy
Becquerelia grehanti was named by Brongniart (1894). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R51260, an exoskeleton (two hind wings, metathorax, five abdomen segments), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.

It was recombined as Epitethe grehanti by Lameere (1917); it was recombined as Tectoptilus grehanti by Kukalová (1969).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Becquerelia grehanti Brongniart p. 359 figs. Pl 20, fig 4
1906Becquerelia grehanti Handlirsch p. 106 figs. Pl XI fig 25
1917Epitethe grehanti Lameere p. 152
1919Becquerelia grehanti Handlirsch p. 530
1922Becquerelia grehanti Handlirsch p. 46
1969Tectoptilus grehanti Kukalová p. 195 fig. 16,17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
superorderPalaeodictyopterida(Bechly 1996)
orderPalaeodictyoptera
superfamilySpilapteroidea
familySpilapteridae
genusTectoptilus
speciesgrehanti()

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.

Tectoptilus grehanti Brongniart 1894
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Diagnosis
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