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Gallegomorphoptila pulcherrima Martins-Neto and Gallego 2003

Insecta - Hemiptera - Dysmorphoptilidae

Alternative combination: Dysmorphoptiloides pulcherrima

Full reference: R. G. Martins-Neto and O. F. Gallego. 2003. Taxonomy; The Triassic insect fauna from South America (Argentina, Brazil and Chile): a checklist (except Blattoptera and Coleoptera) and descriptions of new taxa. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 46:229-256

Belongs to Gallegomorphoptila according to R. G. Martins-Neto and O. F. Gallego 2006

Sister taxa: Gallegomorphoptila acostai, Gallegomorphoptila breviptera, Gallegomorphoptila gigantea, Gallegomorphoptila kotejai

Type specimen: PULR-I 261, a forewing. Its type locality is Rio Gualo (5th cycle), which is in a Ladinian lacustrine - large claystone in the Los Rastros Formation of Argentina.

Average measurements (in mm): forewing length 18.0