†family Raphidiomimidae Vishnyakova 1973 (cockroach)

Insecta - Blattaria - Raphidiomimidae

A remarkable group of carnivorous cockroaches. Found in various Eurasian Jurassic localities.

Parent taxon: Caloblattinoidea according to J. H. Liang et al. 2021

See also Liang et al. 2009 and Vršanský 2020

Sister taxa: Caloblattinidae, Caloblattinidea, Eadiidae, Fuziidae

Subtaxa: Cameloblatta Chuanblatta Cretacechorista Divocina Falcatusiblatta Fortiblatta Graciliblatta Liadoblattina Paekthoblatta Raphidiomima Raphidiomimula

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Ecology: fast-moving volant insectivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (1 collection), Mongolia (1), Myanmar (1), North Korea (1), Thailand (1)

• Jurassic of China (3), Germany (8), Kazakhstan (2), Mongolia (2), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (2)

• Triassic of Germany (1), Turkey (1)

Total: 25 collections including 33 occurrences

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