Elmopterum rotundum
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Ordo: Grylloblattida
Familia: Permulidae
Genus: Elmopterum
Name
Elmopterum rotundum Béthoux & Beckemeyer, 2007 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Elmopterum rotundum Béthoux and Beckemeyer 2007[1]: 55, fig. 5 (holotype – positive and negative imprints of an incomplete individual; MCZ 7468 and MCZ 7469; deposited in the Museum Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, USA; not examined).
Horizon
Leonardian Stage, Wellington Formation (the Lower Permian).
Locality
Elmo locality, Kansas, USA.
Description
Anterior margin of forewing weakly convex; SC reaching the apical one fifth of the wing; costal area as broad as intercubital one; RS distinctly separated from MA; MA simple or with two branches directed to the apex of wing; MP with three branches directed to the posterior margin of wing; CuA with two branches; cross-veins in almost all areas forming a double row of cells.
Measurements
Length of forewing about 18 mm.
Taxon Treatment
- Aristov, D; Storozhenko, S; 2011: Review of the Permian family Permulidae nomen novum pro Aliculidae Storozhenko, 1997 (Grylloblattida) ZooKeys, 130: 111-130. doi
Other References
- ↑ Béthoux O, Beckemeyer R (2007) New and rare insect species from the Wellington Formation (Orthoptera, Grylloblattodea; Lower Permian, USA). Alavesia 1: 49-61.
