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Dictyomylacris insignis

Insecta - Blattodea - Mylacridae

Taxonomy

Dictyomylacris insignis was named by Brongniart (1894). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R51439, a tegmen, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.

Synonyms

Mesitoblatta brongniarti was named by Handlirsch (1906). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R51547, a forewing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.

It was recombined as Promylacris brongniarti by Meunier (1921); it was synonymized subjectively with Dictyomylacris insignis by Schneider (1983).
Dictyomylacris poiraulti was named by Brongniart (1894). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R51549, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dictyomylacris insignis by Laurentiaux-Vieira and Laurentiaux (1980), Schneider (1983).
Lithomylacris elegantula was named by Meunier (1921). Its type specimen is MNHN-F-R.51235, a tegmen, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dictyomylacris insignis by Schneider (1983).
Etoblattina (Metaxyblatta) minuscula was named by Meunier (1921). Its type specimen is MNHN F-R.51528, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dictyomylacris insignis by Schneider (1983).
Etoblattina (Metaxyblatta) perturbata was named by Meunier (1921). Its type specimen is MNHN F-R.51113, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dictyomylacris insignis by Schneider (1983).
Dictyomylacris analis was named by Handlirsch (1937). It is an impression. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dictyomylacris insignis by Schneider (1983).
Dictyomylacris angustior was named by Handlirsch (1937). It is an impression. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dictyomylacris insignis by Schneider (1983).
Dictyomylacris medialis was named by Handlirsch (1937). It is an impression. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dictyomylacris insignis by Schneider (1983).
Dictyomylacris subcostalis was named by Handlirsch (1937). It is an impression. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dictyomylacris insignis by Schneider (1983).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1894	Dictyomylacris insignis Brongniart figs. Pl 31, fig 13
1894	Dictyomylacris poiraulti Brongniart figs. Pl 31, fig 14
1906	Mesitoblatta brongniarti Handlirsch p. 188 figs. Pl XIX fig 8-9
1906	Dictyomylacris insignis Handlirsch p. 280 figs. Pl XXIX fig 21
1906	Dictyomylacris poiraulti Handlirsch p. 280 figs. Pl XXIX fig 22
1920	Mesitoblatta brongniarti Handlirsch p. 436
1920	Dictyomylacris insignis Handlirsch p. 457
1920	Dictyomylacris poiraulti Handlirsch p. 457
1921	Dictyomylacris poiraulti Meunier p. 76 figs. Pl 9, figs 10-13; text-figs 10-13
1921	Dictyomylacris insignis Meunier p. 78 figs. Pl 10, figs 1-5; text-figs 14-18
1921	Promylacris brongniarti Meunier p. 85 figs. Pl 11, fig 6; text-fig 30
1921	Lithomylacris elegantula Meunier p. 87 figs. Pl 11, fig 7; text-fig 31
1921	Etoblattina (Metaxyblatta) minuscula Meunier p. 161 figs. Pl 20, fig 4; text-fig 139
1921	Etoblattina (Metaxyblatta) perturbata Meunier p. 162 figs. Pl 20, fig 5; text-fig 140
1922	Mesitoblatta brongniarti Handlirsch p. 116
1937	Dictyomylacris analis Handlirsch p. 69
1937	Dictyomylacris angustior Handlirsch p. 69
1937	Dictyomylacris medialis Handlirsch p. 69
1937	Dictyomylacris subcostalis Handlirsch p. 69
1980	Dictyomylacris insignis Laurentiaux-Vieira and Laurentiaux p. 176
1983	Dictyomylacris insignis Schneider p. 85 figs. Pl 4, figs 2-4; pl 6, figs 5,6

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cercofilata
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Polyneoptera	Martynov 1938
—	Holopandictyoptera
superorder	Dictyoptera	Latreille 1829
order	Blattodea	(Latreille 1810)
family	Mylacridae	()
genus	Dictyomylacris
species	insignis

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.

†Dictyomylacris insignis Brongniart 1894

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Invalid names: Dictyomylacris analis Handlirsch 1937 [synonym], Dictyomylacris angustior Handlirsch 1937 [synonym], Dictyomylacris medialis Handlirsch 1937 [synonym], Dictyomylacris poiraulti Brongniart 1894 [synonym], Dictyomylacris subcostalis Handlirsch 1937 [synonym], Etoblattina (Metaxyblatta) minuscula Meunier 1921 [synonym], Etoblattina (Metaxyblatta) perturbata Meunier 1921 [synonym], Lithomylacris elegantula Meunier 1921 [synonym], Mesitoblatta brongniarti Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

chitinc

Environment:

terrestrialc

Locomotion:

actively mobilep

Created:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Modified:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Source: c = class, p = phylum

References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Gzhelian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian	303.7 - 298.9	France	Dictyomylacris poiraulti, Promylacris brongniarti, Lithomylacris elegantula, Etoblattina minuscula, Etoblattina perturbata, Dictyomylacris analis, Dictyomylacris angustior, Dictyomylacris medialis, Dictyomylacris subcostalis (121979) Mesitoblatta brongniarti, Dictyomylacris insignis, Dictyomylacris poiraulti (type locality: 103635)