Mylacris truncatula Handlirsch 1906 (cockroach)

Insecta - Blattodea - Mylacridae

Alternative combination: Orthomylacris truncatula

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Revision of American Paleozoic insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29(1441):661-820

Belongs to Mylacris according to J. Schneider 1983

See also Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1920 and Handlirsch 1922

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 ovalis, Mylacris paradoxa, Mylacris pennsylvanica, Mylacris pulchra, Mylacris rugulosa, Mylacris sellardsi, Mylacris similis, Mylacris truncata, Mylacris virginiana, Actinomylacris similis, Lithomylacris gallica, Lithomylacris ataxica, Promylacris ovalis, Chalepomylacris pulchra

Type specimen: USNM 38773, a tegmen. 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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