Umenopterix Lee 2016 (winged insect)

Insecta - Alienoptera - Umenocoleidae

Full reference: S. W. Lee. 2016. Taxonomic diversity of cockroach assemblages (Blattaria, Insecta) of the Aptian Crato Formation (Cretaceous, NE Brazil). Geologica Carpathica 67:433-450

Parent taxon: Umenocoleidae according to C. H. Luo et al. 2022

See also Lee 2016

Sister taxa: Alienopterix, Alienopterixinae, Archaeospinapteryx, Blattapterix, Compunctiotypus, Cratovitisma, Elytropterix, Enervipraeala, Laticephalana, Maloval, Nigropterix, Petropterix, Poikiloprosopon, Ponopterix, Pseudoblattapterix, Pseudojantaropterix, Trapezionotum, Umenocoleus, Umenotypus, Vitisminae, Vzrkadlenie

Subtaxa: Umenopterix burkhardi

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Ecology: fast-moving arboreal herbivore

Distribution: found only at Crato (WDC collection) (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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