†Holocompsa nigra Gorochov and Anisyutkin 2007 (cockroach)
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Insecta - Blattodea - Corydiidae
Full reference: A. V. Gorochov and L. N. Anisyutkin. 2007. Taxonomic names, in New and little known orthopteroid insects (Polyneoptera) from fossil resins: communication 2. Paleontological Journal 41:156-166
Belongs to Holocompsa according to A. V. Gorochov and L. N. Anisyutkin 2007
Sister taxon: Holocompsa abbreviata
Type specimen: USNM 502411, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (USNM Brodzinsky Lopez-Pena coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (USNM Brodzinsky Lopez-Pena coll)
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