Mylacris virginiana Handlirsch 1906 (cockroach)

Insecta - Blattodea - Mylacridae

Alternative combination: Exochomylacris virginiana

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Revision of American Paleozoic insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29(1441):661-820

Belongs to Mylacris according to C. J. Durden 1969

See also Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1920 and Handlirsch 1922

Sister taxa: Mylacris abrupta, Mylacris alutacea, Mylacris ampla, Mylacris analis, Mylacris angusta, Mylacris anthracophila, Mylacris antiqua, Mylacris burri, Mylacris diplodiscus, Mylacris dubia, Mylacris lapsa, Mylacris lucifuga, Mylacris maior, Mylacris ovalis, Mylacris paradoxa, Mylacris pennsylvanica, Mylacris pulchra, Mylacris rugulosa, Mylacris sellardsi, Mylacris similis, Mylacris truncata, Mylacris truncatula, Promylacris ovalis, Lithomylacris gallica, Lithomylacris ataxica, Actinomylacris similis, Chalepomylacris pulchra

Type specimen: USNM 25634, a tegmen. Its type locality is Clendennin, which is in a Westphalian terrestrial sandstone in the Charleston Sandstone Formation of West Virginia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Clendennin

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