Dictyomylacris insignis Brongniart 1894 (cockroach)

Insecta - Blattodea - Mylacridae

Synonyms: Dictyomylacris analis Handlirsch 1937, Dictyomylacris angustior Handlirsch 1937, Dictyomylacris medialis Handlirsch 1937, Dictyomylacris poiraulti Brongniart 1894, Dictyomylacris subcostalis Handlirsch 1937, Etoblattina (Metaxyblatta) minuscula Meunier 1921, Etoblattina (Metaxyblatta) perturbata Meunier 1921, Lithomylacris elegantula Meunier 1921, Mesitoblatta brongniarti Handlirsch 1906, Promylacris brongniarti Handlirsch 1906

Full reference: C. Brongniart. 1894. Recherches pour servir à l'histoire des insectes fossiles des temps primaires, précédées d'une étude sur la nervation des ailes des insectes. Thèses Présentées à la Faculté des Sciences de Paris 821:1-494

Belongs to Dictyomylacris according to J. Schneider 1983

See also Brongniart 1894, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1920, Handlirsch 1922, Handlirsch 1937, Laurentiaux-Vieira and Laurentiaux 1980, Meunier 1921 and Schneider 1983

Sister taxa: Dictyomylacris densistriate, Dictyomylacris elegans, Dictyomylacris jacobsi, Dictyomylacris montagnei, Dictyomylacris multinervis, Stenomylacris montagnei, Stenomylacris elegans

Type specimens:

  • Dictyomylacris insignis: MNHN.F.R51439, a tegmen. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
  • Dictyomylacris analis: Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
  • Dictyomylacris angustior: Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
  • Dictyomylacris medialis: Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
  • Dictyomylacris poiraulti: MNHN.F.R51549, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
  • Dictyomylacris subcostalis: Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
  • Etoblattina (Metaxyblatta) minuscula: MNHN F-R.51528, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
  • Etoblattina (Metaxyblatta) perturbata: MNHN F-R.51113, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
  • Lithomylacris elegantula: MNHN-F-R.51235, a tegmen. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
  • Mesitoblatta brongniarti: MNHN.F.R51547, a forewing. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of France (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections including 13 occurrences

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