Praeblattella elegans Vršanský 1997 (cockroach)

Insecta - Blattodea - Mesoblattinidae

Alternative combination: Piniblattella elegans

Full reference: P. Vršanský. 1997. Piniblattella gen. nov. - the most ancient genus of the family Blattellidae (Blattodea) from the Lower Cretaceous of Siberia. Entomological Problems 28:67-79

Belongs to Praeblattella according to P. Vršanský 2020

See also Vršanský 1997 and Vršanský 2003

Sister taxa: Praeblattella arcuata, Praeblattella dichotoma, Praeblattella inexpecta, Praeblattella jurassica, Praeblattella krzeminski, Praeblattella ponomarenkoi, Praeblattella solus, Praeblattella zrnko

Type specimen: PIN 1989/2405, a tegmen

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baissa (PIN collection 1989, layer 11) (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

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