Mylacris angusta Scudder 1879

Insecta - Blattodea - Mylacridae

Alternative combinations: Lithomylacris angusta, Lithomylacris angustum

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 C. J. Durden 1969

See also Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1906, Scudder 1879, Scudder 1885 and Scudder 1895

Sister taxa: Mylacris abrupta, Mylacris alutacea, Mylacris ampla, Mylacris analis, Mylacris anthracophila, Mylacris antiqua, Mylacris burri, Mylacris diplodiscus, Mylacris dubia, Mylacris lapsa, Mylacris lucifuga, Mylacris maior, Mylacris ovalis, Mylacris paradoxa, Mylacris pennsylvanica, Mylacris pulchra, Mylacris rugulosa, Mylacris sellardsi, Mylacris similis, Mylacris truncata, Mylacris truncatula, Mylacris virginiana, Promylacris ovalis, Lithomylacris gallica, Lithomylacris ataxica, Chalepomylacris pulchra, Actinomylacris similis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Port Griffith railway cut, near Pittston, which is in a Westphalian D terrestrial siliciclastic in the Llewellyn Formation of Pennsylvania

Distribution: found only at Port Griffith railway cut, near Pittston

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