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Simplicius simplex

Insecta - Blattodea - Mylacridae

Taxonomy
Lithomylacris simplex was named by Scudder (1879). It is an impression. Its type locality is Grape Creek, Danville, which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois. It is the type species of Simplicius.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Handlirsch (1906); it was recombined as Simplicius simplex by Handlirsch (1920).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Lithomylacris simplex Scudder p. 51 figs. Pl 5 fig 5
1895Lithomylacris simplex Scudder p. 51
1903Lithomylacris simplex Melander p. 184
1920Simplicius simplex Handlirsch p. 456

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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()
genusSimplicius
speciessimplex()

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.

Simplicius simplex Scudder 1879
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Diagnosis
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