Parelthoblatta venusta Lesquereux 1860

Insecta - Blattodea - Archimylacridae

Alternative combinations: Archimylacris venusta, Blattina venusta, Etoblattina venusta

Full reference: L. Lesquereux. 1860. Botanical and palaeontological report of the Geological State Survey of Arkansas. Second Report of a Geological Reconnoissance of the Middle and Southern Counties of Arkansas 295-399

Belongs to Parelthoblatta according to C. J. Durden 1984

See also Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1920, Handlirsch 1922, Heer 1864, Lesquereux 1860, Schneider 1983, Scudder 1879 and Scudder 1895

Sister taxa: Archimylacris paucinervis, Manoblatta bertrandi, Manoblatta schmidtii, Manoblatta chalardi, Actinoblatta bucheti, Parelthoblatta (Archaeotiphe), Parelthoblatta (Parelthoblatta), Parelthoblatta straeleni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Frog Bayou, which is in a Moscovian terrestrial shale in Arkansas

Distribution: found only at Frog Bayou

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