Mylacris pennsylvanica Scudder 1879 (cockroach)

Insecta - Blattodea - Mylacridae

Alternative combinations: Mylacris pennsylvanicum, Orthomylacris pennsylvanica

Synonyms: Mylacris priscovolans Scudder 1884, Paromylacris priscovolans Scudder 1884

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1879. Palaeozoic Cockroaches: A complete revision of the species of both worlds, with an essay toward their classification. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 3:23-134

Belongs to Mylacris according to J. Schneider 1983

See also Durden 1969, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1920, Handlirsch 1922, Scudder 1879, Scudder 1884 and Scudder 1895

Sister taxa: 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 pulchra, Mylacris rugulosa, Mylacris sellardsi, Mylacris similis, Mylacris truncata, Mylacris truncatula, Mylacris virginiana, Actinomylacris similis, Promylacris ovalis, Lithomylacris gallica, Lithomylacris ataxica, Chalepomylacris pulchra

Type specimens:

  • Mylacris pennsylvanica: Its type locality is Cannelton, Vein C, which is in a Westphalian D terrestrial shale in the Llewellyn Formation of Pennsylvania
  • Mylacris priscovolans: Its type locality is Cannelton, Vein C, which is in a Westphalian D terrestrial shale in the Llewellyn Formation of Pennsylvania.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Cannelton, Vein C

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