Praeblattella dichotoma Vršanský 2003 (cockroach)

Insecta - Blattodea - Mesoblattinidae

Full reference: P. Vršanský. 2003. Unique assemblage of Dictyoptera (Insecta - Blattaria, Mantodea, Isoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of Bon Tsagaan Nuur in Mongolia. Entomological Problems 33:119-151

Belongs to Praeblattella according to P. Vršanský 2020

See also Vršanský 2003

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

Type specimen: PIN 3559/8050, a tegmen. Its type locality is Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559, outcrop 87/8), which is in an Aptian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Dzun-Bain Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Mongolia (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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