Insecta - Alienoptera - Umenocoleidae

Full reference: P. Vršanský. 2003. Umenocoleoidea - an amazing lineage of aberrant insects (Insecta, Blattaria). AMBA Projekty 7(1):1-32

Parent taxon: Umenocoleidae according to C. H. Luo et al. 2022

See also Kirejtshuk et al. 2014, Nel et al. 2014 and Vršanský 2003

Sister taxa: Alienopterix, Alienopterixinae, Archaeospinapteryx, Compunctiotypus, Cratovitisma, Elytropterix, Enervipraeala, Laticephalana, Maloval, Nigropterix, Petropterix, Poikiloprosopon, Ponopterix, Pseudoblattapterix, Pseudojantaropterix, Trapezionotum, Umenocoleus, Umenopterix, Umenotypus, Vitisminae, Vzrkadlenie

Subtaxa: Blattapterix gansu

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Type: Blattapterix gansu

Ecology: fast-moving arboreal herbivore

Distribution: found only at 5km N from Shenjiawan village, near Changma town (Cretaceous of China)

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