Misthodotes
| Misthodotes | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Ephemeroptera |
| Genus: | Misthodotes Sellards, 1909 |
Misthodotes is an extinct genus of mayflies which existed during the Permian of what is now the United States and Russia. It was described by E.H. Sellards in 1909.[1] A new species, M. tshernovae, was described from the Upper Permian epoch of Russia by N. D. Sinitshenkova and D. V. Vassilenko in 2012.[2]
Species
- Misthodotes biguttatus Tillyard, 1932
- Misthodotes delicatulus Tillyard, 1936
- Misthodotes edmundsi Carpenter, 1979
- Misthodotes obtusus (Sellards, 1907)
- Misthodotes ovalis Tillyard, 1932
- Misthodotes tshernovae Sinitshenkova & Vassilenko, 2012
References
- ↑ E. H. Sellards. 1909. Types of Permian Insects, Part III: Megasecoptera, Orycloblattinidae and Protorthoptera. American Journal of Science 27:151-173
- ↑ N. D. Sinitshenkova and D. V. Vassilenko (2012). "The latest record of mayflies of the family Protereismatidae sellards (Ephemerida = Ephemeroptera) and a new species of the family Misthodotidae in the Upper Permian of Europe". Paleontological Journal 46 (1): 61–65. doi:10.1134/S0031030112010121.
External links
- Misthodotes at the Paleobiology Database
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