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Liomoptoides ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4709770	https://www.gbif.org/species/4709770
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	220729	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=220729

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Grylloblattodea : Liomoptoides

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
-	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
-	Polyneoptera	Martynov 1938
-	Xenonomia	Terry and Whiting 2005
order	Grylloblattodea	Walker 1914
genus	Liomoptoides	Riek 1973

Scientific Name

Liomoptoides Riek, 1973

Name Published In

Riek. 1973. Fossil insects of the Upper Permian of Natal, South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum (ANM) 21(3):513-532

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Liomoptoides	genus	belongs to Liomopteridae	stated with evidence	Riek, 1973
Liomoptoides	genus	belongs to Grylloblattida	stated with evidence	Storozhenko, 1997
Liomoptoides	genus	belongs to Liomopteridae	stated without evidence	van Dijk and Geertsema, 1999

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

254 - 252 Ma
Permian

Last Recorded Appearance

254 - 252 Ma
Permian

Type Specimen

Liomoptoides similis Riek, 1973

Designated By

Riek. 1973. Fossil insects of the Upper Permian of Natal, South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum (ANM) 21(3):515

Type Information Source

Grylloblattodea Species File

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

E. F. Riek. 1973. Fossil insects from the Upper Permian of Natal, South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 21(3):513-532

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Liomoptoides similis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1973	Liomoptoides Riek p. 515
1992	Liomoptoides Carpenter p. 110
1997	Liomoptoides Storozhenko p. 17
1998	Liomoptoides Storozhenko p. 188
1999	Liomoptoides van Dijk and Geertsema p. 139

References

Riek E. F. (1973) Fossil insects from the Upper Permian of Natal, South Africa, Annals of the Natal Museum 21 3, 513-532

Carpenter F. M. (1992) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4, 1-655

Storozhenko S. Y. (1997) Classification of the Order Grylloblattida (Insecta), with description of new taxa, Far Eastern Entomologist 42, 1-20

Storozhenko S. Y. (1998) , Sistematika, Filogeniya i Evolyutsiya Grilloblattidovykh Nasekomykh (Insecta: Grylloblattida), 1-207

van Dijk D. E., Geertsema H. (1999) Permian insects from the Beaufort Group of Natal, South Africa, Annals of the Natal Museum 40, 137-171

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

original work (title/other) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Riek. 1973. Fossil insects of the Upper Permian of Natal, South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum (ANM) 21(3):513-532 - via Grylloblattodea Species File

Storozhenko. 1997. Classification of order Grylloblattida (Insecta), with description of new taxa. Far Eastern Entomologist 42:17 - via Grylloblattodea Species File

Ann. Natal Mus. 21 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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