Orthomylacris Handlirsch 1906 (cockroach)

Insecta - Blattodea - Mylacridae

Synonym: Phthinomylacris Handlirsch 1906

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Revision of American Paleozoic insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29(1441):661-820

Parent taxon: Mylacridae according to D. Laurentiaux 1950

See also Bolton 1921, Cockerell 1927, Durden 1969, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1911, Handlirsch 1920, Handlirsch 1922, Pruvost 1919 and Wallis 1939

Sister taxa: Amblymylacris, Aphelomylacris, Austromylacrites, Blattina bretonensis, Cathayiblatta, Cyphomylacris, Dictyomylacris, Drybrookia, Goniomylacris, Hemimylacrinae, Moravamylacris, Mylacridae carbonina, Mylacrinae, Mylacris, Neorthroblattina, Opsiomylacris, Orthomylacrinae, Paromylacris, Paromylacris ampla, Platymylacris, Ptilomylacris, Rhodesiomylacris, Simplicius, Sooblatta, Sphenomylacris, Mylacridium, Dictyomylacrinae

Subtaxa: Orthomylacris alutacea Orthomylacris analis Orthomylacris berryi Orthomylacris contorta Orthomylacris cordiformis Orthomylacris delicatula Orthomylacris franklini Orthomylacris gurleyi Orthomylacris hastata Orthomylacris heeri Orthomylacris mansfieldi Orthomylacris mathieui Orthomylacris northi Orthomylacris pauperata Orthomylacris pennsylvaniae Orthomylacris pittstoniana Orthomylacris pluteus Orthomylacris recta Orthomylacris rigida Phthinomylacris medialis

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Nova Scotia collection), France (2), the United Kingdom (3), United States (12: Illinois, Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia)

Total: 18 collections including 24 occurrences

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