Mylacris ovalis Scudder 1885 (cockroach)

Insecta - Blattodea - Mylacridae

Alternative combination: Mylacris ovale

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1885. New genera and species of fossil cockroaches, from the older American rocks. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 37:34-39

Belongs to Mylacris according to J. Schneider 1983

Sister taxa: Mylacris abrupta, Mylacris alutacea, Mylacris ampla, Mylacris analis, Mylacris angusta, Mylacris anthracophila, Mylacris antiqua, Mylacris burri, Mylacris diplodiscus, Mylacris dubia, Mylacris lapsa, Mylacris lucifuga, Mylacris maior, Mylacris paradoxa, Mylacris pennsylvanica, Mylacris pulchra, Mylacris rugulosa, Mylacris sellardsi, Mylacris similis, Mylacris truncata, Mylacris truncatula, Mylacris virginiana, Actinomylacris similis, Promylacris ovalis, Lithomylacris gallica, Lithomylacris ataxica, Chalepomylacris pulchra

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mazon Creek (FMNH Gurley collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Cannelton, Vein C

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