†Metaxyblatta hadroptera Handlirsch 1906 (cockroach)
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Insecta - Blattodea - Necymylacridae
Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Revision of American Paleozoic insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29(1441):661-820
Belongs to Metaxyblatta according to A. Handlirsch 1922
See also Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1906 and Handlirsch 1920
Sister taxa: Metaxyblatta gancaoshanensis, Metaxyblatta gromotuchensis
Type specimen: USNM 38783, a tegmen. Its type locality is Port Griffith railway cut, near Pittston, which is in a Westphalian D terrestrial siliciclastic in the Llewellyn Formation of Pennsylvania.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Port Griffith railway cut, near Pittston
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