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Orthomylacris rigida

Insecta - Blattodea - Mylacridae

Taxonomy
Promylacris rigida was named by Scudder (1890). It is an impression. Its type locality is Mazon Creek, USNM Lacoe Collection, which is in a Westphalian D interdistributary bay mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Handlirsch (1906); it was recombined as Orthomylacris rigida by Handlirsch (1920) and Handlirsch (1922).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Promylacris rigida Scudder p. 404 figs. Pl 31, fig 6
1895Promylacris rigida Scudder p. 50 figs. Pl III fig 1
1920Orthomylacris rigida Handlirsch p. 454
1922Orthomylacris rigida Handlirsch p. 176

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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()
genusOrthomylacris
speciesrigida()

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.

Orthomylacris rigida Scudder 1890
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Diagnosis
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