Misthodotes

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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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  1. ^ E. H. Sellards. 1909. Types of Permian Insects, Part III: Megasecoptera, Orycloblattinidae and Protorthoptera. American Journal of Science 27:151-173
  2. ^ 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.

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