Lepismophlebia platymera Scudder 1890

Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Leptophlebiidae

Alternative combinations: Lepisma platymera, Mesobaetis platymera

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1890. The Tertiary Insects of North America. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII:1-734

Belongs to Lepismophlebia according to M. D. Hubbard and H. M. Savage 1981

See also Demoulin 1956, Demoulin 1968 and Scudder 1890

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: 1693, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Distribution: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection)

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