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, Vršanský 2003 and Vršanský 2003

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

Subtaxa: Elytropterix magnificiens

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Type: Elytropterix magnificiens

Ecology: fast-moving arboreal herbivore

Distribution: found only at Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559, outcrop 74/2) (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

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