Plagioblatta parallela Scudder 1879

Insecta - Blattodea - Archimylacridae

Alternative combinations: Archimylacris parallela, Archimylacris parallelum

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 Plagioblatta according to C. J. Durden 1984

See also Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1920, Handlirsch 1922, Schneider 1983, Scudder 1879 and Scudder 1895

Sister taxa: Plagioblatta cockerelli, Plagioblatta flexuosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Cannelton, Vein C, which is in a Westphalian D terrestrial shale in the Llewellyn Formation of Pennsylvania

Distribution: found only at Campbells Ledge, near bottom of interconglomerate

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