Protophasma

<i>Protophasma</i>

Protophasma

Extinct genus of insects

Protophasma (meaning "first phantom") is an extinct genus of Protorthopteran insect from the Carboniferous of Europe and North America.

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Description

Three species of Protophasma are described, type species, Protophasma dumasii (sometimes mistyped as P. dumasi) is known from Late Carboniferous (Stephanian) Coal Measures of Commentry, France.[1] Protophasma galtieri is known from Mazon Creek fossil beds in Illinois,[2] and Protophasma multidiffusa, originally described as Heterologellus (?) multidiffusus, is known from Germany.[3] Previously assigned species, P. gaudryi later moved to the genus Protodiamphipnoa, and P. woodwardi moved into genus Cnemidolestes.[4]

P. dumasii have forewings with morphology that allows the assignment of Archaeorthoptera, but hindwings have morphological similarity to Blattodea.[1]

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