Blattapterix gansu Vršanský 2003 (winged insect)

Insecta - Alienoptera - Umenocoleidae

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

Belongs to Blattapterix according to C. H. Luo et al. 2022

See also Vršanský 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGPAS "Protelytroptera", an exoskeleton. Its type locality is 5km N from Shenjiawan village, near Changma town, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale in the Xiagou Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving arboreal herbivore

Distribution: found only at 5km N from Shenjiawan village, near Changma town

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