†Apempherus fossus Scudder 1895 (winged insect)
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Insecta - Dicondylia - Schizoblattidae
Alternative combination: Poroblattina fossa
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1895. Revision of the American fossil cockroaches with descriptions of new forms. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 124:1-176
Belongs to Apempherus according to A. Handlirsch 1922
See also Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1920 and Scudder 1895
Sister taxon: Apempherus complexinervis
Type specimen: Coll Lacoe 2083 ab, a tegmen. Its type locality is Cassville, which is in an Asselian terrestrial shale in the Cassville Shales Formation of West Virginia.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Cassville
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