Insecta - Blattaria - Raphidiomimidae
A remarkable group of carnivorous cockroaches. Found in various Eurasian Jurassic localities.
Parent taxon: Raphidiomimoidea according to P. Vršanský 2024
See also Liang et al. 2009, Liang et al. 2021 and Vršanský 2020
Sister taxa: Caloblattinidae, Latiblattidae, Liberiblattinidae, Manipulatoridae, Phyloblattidae, Skokidae, Caloblattinidea, Rhipidoblattinidae, Eadiidae, Fuziidae
Subtaxa: Cameloblatta Chuanblatta Cretacechorista Cultriblatta Decomposita Divocina Falcatusiblatta Fortiblatta Graciliblatta Liadoblattina Olzmasg Paekthoblatta Raphidiomima Raphidiomimula Tayphoonoblatta
Type: Raphidiomima
Ecology: fast-moving volant insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (3 collections), Mongolia (1), Myanmar (1), North Korea (1), South Korea (2), Thailand (1)
• Jurassic of China (4), Germany (8), Kazakhstan (15), Mongolia (2), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Triassic of Germany (1), Türkiye (1)
Total: 43 collections including 132 occurrences