Mesoblattopsis pruvosti Laurentiaux 1946 (cockroach)

Insecta - Blattaria - Raphidiomimidae

Full reference: D. Laurentiaux. 1946. La faune continentale des marnes de Tchakras (Asie Mineure). Annales de la Société Géologique du Nord 66:213-235

Belongs to Mesoblattopsis according to D. Laurentiaux 1946

Sister taxa: Liadoblattina blakei, Liadoblattina euryptera, Liadoblattina mongolica, Ptyctoblattina dilatata, Ptyctoblattina simplicior, Mesoblattopsis franconica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tchakras, Amasra region, which is in a Rhaetian lacustrine marl in the Çakrazboz Formation of Turkey

Ecology: fast-moving volant insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Tchakras, Amasra region

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