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Dasyleptus

Extinct genus of insects From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dasyleptus
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Dasyleptus is an extinct genus of wingless insects in the order Archaeognatha, and the only member of the family Dasyleptidae. They resembled their modern relatives and had a single lengthy filament projecting from the end of the abdomen. They also had a pair of leg-like cerci and some non-ambulatory abdominal appendages. The largest specimens reached 30 millimetres (1.2 in) or more, not counting the length of the filament.[2] Dasyleptus was formerly placed in its own extinct order, Monura, but this is now treated as a suborder of Archaeognatha.[3][4]

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Species

The genus includes the following species:[3][1]

  • Dasyleptus artinskianus Engel, 2009 – Early Permian (Artinskian), Wellington Formation, Kansas, United States
  • Dasyleptus brongniarti Sharov, 1957 – Middle Permian (Roadian), Mitina Formation, Kuznetsk Basin, Russia
  • Dasyleptus lucasi Brongniart, 1885 (type species) – Late Carboniferous (Gzhelian), Commentry Shales, France
  • Dasyleptus noli Rasnitsyn, 2000 – Late Carboniferous (Gzhelian), Commentry Shales, France
  • Dasyleptus rowlandi Rasnitsyn in Rasnitsyn et al., 2004 – Early Permian (Asselian), Bursum Formation, New Mexico, United States
  • Dasyleptus sharovi (Durden, 1978) – Early Permian (Artinskian), Wellington Formation, United States
  • Dasyleptus sinensis Liu et al., 2021[5] – Late Permian/Early Triassic, Kayitou Formation, China
  • Dasyleptus triassicus Bechly & Stockar, 2011 – Middle Triassic (Ladinian), Meride Limestone, Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland
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