Insecta - Alienoptera - Umenocoleidae
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 Vitisma according to P. Vršanský 2003
Sister taxa: Vitisma occidentalis, Vitisma okata, Vitisma orientalis, Vitisma rasnitsyni
Type specimen: PIN 3559/195, a tegmen. Its type locality is Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559, outcrop 35), which is in an Aptian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Dzun-Bain Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology: fast-moving arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mongolia (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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