Chalepomylacris pulchra Handlirsch 1906 (cockroach)

Insecta - Blattodea - Mylacridae

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

Belongs to Chalepomylacris according to A. Handlirsch 1920

See also Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1906 and Schneider 1983

Sister taxa: Mylacris abrupta, Mylacris alutacea, Mylacris ampla, Mylacris analis, Mylacris angusta, Mylacris anthracophila, Mylacris antiqua, 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, Actinomylacris similis, Promylacris ovalis, Lithomylacris ataxica, Lithomylacris gallica

Type specimen: USNM 38723, a tegmen. Its type locality is Fishing Creek gap, Sharp Mountain, Tremont, which is in a Westphalian C/Westphalian D terrestrial siliciclastic in Pennsylvania.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Fishing Creek gap, Sharp Mountain, Tremont

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