Orthomylacris pittstoniana Scudder 1879 (cockroach)

Insecta - Blattodea - Mylacridae

Alternative combinations: Lithomylacris pittstoniana, Lithomylacris pittstonianum

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1879. Palaeozoic Cockroaches: A complete revision of the species of both worlds, with an essay toward their classification. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 3:23-134

Belongs to Orthomylacris according to A. Handlirsch 1922

See also Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1920, Scudder 1879 and Scudder 1895

Sister taxa: Orthomylacris alutacea, Orthomylacris analis, Orthomylacris berryi, Orthomylacris contorta, Orthomylacris cordiformis, Orthomylacris delicatula, Orthomylacris franklini, Orthomylacris gurleyi, Orthomylacris hastata, Orthomylacris heeri, Orthomylacris mansfieldi, Orthomylacris mathieui, Orthomylacris northi, Orthomylacris pauperata, Orthomylacris pennsylvaniae, Orthomylacris pluteus, Orthomylacris recta, Orthomylacris rigida, Phthinomylacris medialis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Port Griffith railway cut, near Pittston, which is in a Westphalian D terrestrial siliciclastic in the Llewellyn Formation of Pennsylvania

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Port Griffith railway cut, near Pittston

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