Gerarus

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Archaeorthoptera 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Supercohort: Polyneoptera
Superordo: Archaeorthoptera

Familia: †Geraridae
Genus: †Gerarus
Species: †G. collaris – †G. danielsi – †G. fischeri – †G. teutonicus – †G. vetus
[source: Brauckmann & Herd (2005: 23)]

Name

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Gerarus Scudder, 1885: 344

Gender: masculine

Type species: Gerarus vetus Scudder, 1885, by monotypy. [two other nominal species originally included conditionally]

Synonyms

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  • Sthenaropoda Brongniart, 1885: 59 [synonymised by Burnham, 1983: 12]
    • Type species: Sthenaropoda fischeri Brongniart, 1885.
  • Genopteryx Scudder, 1885: 327 [synonymised by Burnham, 1983: 12]
    • Type species: Genopteryx constricta Scudder, 1885 [= Gerarus danielsi Handlirsch, 1906].
  • Archaeacridites Meunier, 1909: 39 [synonymised by Burnham, 1983: 12]
    • Type species: Archaeacridites bruesi Meunier, 1909 [= Sthenaropoda fischeri Brongniart, 1885].
  • Rossites Richardson, 1956: 44 [synonymised by Burnham, 1983: 12]
    • Type species: Rossites inopinus Richardson, 1956 [= Gerarus danielsi Handlirsch, 1906].

References

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Primary references

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  • Brongniart, C. 1885. Les insectes fossiles des terrains primaires. Coup d'oeil rapide sur la fauna entomologique des terrains paléozoïques. Bulletin de la Société des Amis des Sciences Naturelles de Rouen 21(3): 50–68. BHL.
  • Burnham, L. 1983. Studies on Upper Carboniferous insects: 1. The Geraridae (Order Protorthoptera). Psyche 90: 1–57. DOI: 10.1155/1983/42898  .
  • Scudder, S.H. 1885. Palaeodictyoptera: on the affinities and classification of Paleozoic Hexapoda. Memoirs read before the Boston Society of Natural History 3: 319–351. BHL

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