Petropterix kukalovae 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 Petropterix according to C. H. Luo et al. 2022

See also Vršanský 2003

Sister taxa: Petropterix alexeevi, Petropterix fukuiensis, Petropterix mirabilis, Petropterix sibirix

Type specimen: NIGPAS 89JH1002-2, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Hangxia valley, 20 km WWS from Yumen city, which is in an Albian/Albian lacustrine - large shale in the Zhonggou Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving arboreal herbivore

Distribution: found only at Hangxia valley, 20 km WWS from Yumen city

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