†Piniblattella limai Pinto and Purper 1986 (cockroach)
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Insecta - Blattodea - Ectobiidae
Alternative combination: Mesoblattina limai
Full reference: I. D. Pinto and I. Purper. 1986. A new Blattoid from the Cretaceous of Brasil. Pesquisas 18:5-10
Belongs to Piniblattella according to S. W. Lee 2016
See also Pinto and Purper 1986 and Vršanský 2004
Sister taxa: Piniblattella magna, Piniblattella minuta, Piniblattella sharingolensis, Piniblattella vitimica
Type specimen: MP-I-6400, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Fazenda Sta. Rita, Araripe Basin, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large limestone in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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