Insecta - Blattodea - Mylacridae
Synonyms: Actinomylacris Handlirsch 1906, Chalepomylacris Handlirsch 1906, Etomylacris Handlirsch 1920, Exochomylacris Handlirsch 1906, Lithomylacris Scudder 1879, Promylacris Scudder 1885
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1868. Supplement to descriptions of articulates. Descriptions of fossil insects found on Mazon Creek, and near Morris, Grundy Co. Ill. Geological Survey of Illinois 3:566-572
Parent taxon: Mylacridae according to J. Schneider 1983
See also Carpenter 1934, Cockerell 1927, Durden 1969, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1920, Handlirsch 1922, Pruvost 1919, Scudder 1879, Scudder 1885, Scudder 1886, Scudder 1893, Scudder 1895, Sellards 1904 and Sellards 1908
Sister taxa: Amblymylacris, Aphelomylacris, Austromylacrites, Blattina bretonensis, Cathayiblatta, Cyphomylacris, Dictyomylacris, Drybrookia, Goniomylacris, Hemimylacrinae, Moravamylacris, Mylacridae carbonina, Mylacrinae, Neorthroblattina, Opsiomylacris, Orthomylacrinae, Orthomylacris, Paromylacris, Paromylacris ampla, Platymylacris, Ptilomylacris, Rhodesiomylacris, Simplicius, Sooblatta, Sphenomylacris, Dictyomylacrinae, Mylacridium
Subtaxa: Actinomylacris similis Chalepomylacris pulchra Lithomylacris ataxica Lithomylacris gallica 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 Mylacris virginiana Promylacris ovalis
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of France (2 collections), the United Kingdom (2), United States (14: Illinois, Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia)
Total: 18 collections including 27 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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