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Opsiomylacris preciosa

Insecta - Blattodea - Mylacridae

Taxonomy
Opsiomylacris preciosa was named by Müller (1975). Its type specimen is SM 155/5580, a tegmen, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Homigtal near Breitenbach, Schleusingen (Mütze coll.), which is in an Asselian fluvial-lacustrine shale in the Goldlauter Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Opsiomylacris (Posteriomylacris).

It was recombined as Opsiomylacris (Posteriomylacris) preciosa by Müller (1975).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Opsiomylacris (Posteriomylacris) preciosa Müller p. 629 figs. Pl 4, figs 1,2; text-fig 6b
1975Opsiomylacris preciosa Müller p. 629 figs. Pl 4, figs 1,2; text-fig 6b
1983Opsiomylacris preciosa Schneider p. 113

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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()
genusOpsiomylacris
speciespreciosa

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.

†Opsiomylacris preciosa Müller 1975
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Diagnosis
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