Insecta - Ephemerida - Protereismatidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 326617

Alternative combination: Loxophlebia apicalis

Full reference: A. V. Martynov. 1928. Permian fossil Insects of North-East Europe. Travaux du Musée Géologique prés l'Académie des Sciences de l'URSS 4:1-118

Belongs to Protereisma according to N. D. Sinitshenkova and D. V. Vassilenko 2012

Sister taxa: Pinctodia curta, Protereisma arcuatum, Protereisma elongatum, Protereisma insigne, Protereisma latum, Protereisma permianum, Protereisma rossenrayensis, Protereisma sellardsi, Protereisma uralicum, Rekter extensus

Type specimen: PIN 2065/41, a wing (distal fragment). Its type locality is Tikhie Gory (PIN collection 2065), which is in a Roadian lagoonal claystone in the Baitugan Formation of the Russian Federation.

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Average measurements (in mm): wing length 24.5