Artitocoblatta hispanica Whalley and Jarzembowski 1985 (cockroach)

Insecta - Blattodea - Mesoblattinidae

Full reference: P. E. S. Whalley and E. A. Jarzembowski. 1985. Fossil insects from the Lithographic Limestone Montsech (Late Jurassic-early Cretaceous), Lérida Province, Spain. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 38(5):381-412

Belongs to Artitocoblatta according to X. Martínez-Delclòs 1993

See also Whalley and Jarzembowski 1985

Sister taxon: Artitocoblatta gossi

Type specimen: NHM In 59505, an exoskeleton (missing head, prothorax & forewings). Its type locality is La Pedrera de Rubies (BMNH 1955 collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone in the La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation of Spain.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at La Pedrera de Rubies (BMNH 1955 collection)

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