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Gerarus fischeri

Insecta - Geraridae

Taxonomy
Sthenaropoda fischeri was named by Brongniart (1885). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R51128, an exoskeleton, 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 Oedischia fischeri by Brongniart (1894); it was recombined as Gerarus fischeri by Burnham (1983) and Béthoux and Nel (2003).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Sthenaropoda fischeri Brongniart p. 59 figs. Pl 1, fig 4
1894Oedischia fischeri Brongniart p. 437 figs. Pl 35, fig 5,6; pl 36, fig 4
1906Sthenaropoda fischeri Handlirsch p. 142 figs. Pl XIV fig 14-16
1909Archaeacridites bruesi Meunier p. 39 fig. 2
1909Sthenaropoda fischeri Meunier p. 43 fig. 3,4
1909Archaeacridites elegantissima Meunier p. 45 fig. 5
1909Archaeacridites bruesi Meunier p. 145 figs. Pl 5, fig 1; text-fig 16
1909Archaeacridites elegantissima Meunier p. 146 figs. Pl 5, fig 2; text-fig 17
1909Sthenaropoda fischeri Meunier p. 148 figs. Pl 5, figs 4,4a; text-figs 19,20
1917Sthenaropoda fischeri Lameere p. 177
1917Archaeacridites bruesi Lameere p. 178
1917Sthenaropoda agnusi Lameere p. 178
1917Sthenaropoda lerichei Lameere p. 178
1917Archaeacridites elegantissima Lameere p. 179
1919Sthenaropoda elegantissima Handlirsch p. 548
1919Sthenaropoda fischeri Handlirsch p. 548 fig. 46
1919Sthenaropoda bruesi Handlirsch p. 549
1919Sthenaropoda minor Handlirsch p. 549 fig. 49
1922Sthenaropoda agnusi Handlirsch p. 83
1922Sthenaropoda bruesi Handlirsch p. 83
1922Sthenaropoda elegantissima Handlirsch p. 83
1922Sthenaropoda fischeri Handlirsch p. 83
1922Sthenaropoda lerichei Handlirsch p. 83
1922Sthenaropoda minor Handlirsch p. 83
1983Gerarus fischeri Burnham p. 27 figs. 14-17
1983Gerarus bruesi Burnham p. 35 fig. 18,19
2002Gerarus bruesi Béthoux and Nel p. 35 fig. 13,14
2003Gerarus fischeri Béthoux and Nel p. 174 figs. 1-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
superorderArchaeorthoptera
PanorthopteraCrampton 1928
familyGeraridae
genusGerarus
speciesfischeri()

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.

Gerarus fischeri Brongniart 1885
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Invalid names: Archaeacridites bruesi Meunier 1909 [synonym], Archaeacridites elegantissima Meunier 1909 [synonym], Sthenaropoda agnusi Lameere 1917 [synonym], Sthenaropoda lerichei Lameere 1917 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available