Orthomylacris northi Bolton 1930 (cockroach)

Insecta - Blattodea - Mylacridae

Alternative combination: Soomylacris northi

Full reference: H. Bolton. 1930. Fossil insects of the south Wales coalfield. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 86:9-49

Belongs to Orthomylacris according to E. A. Jarzembowski and J. W. Schneider 2007

See also Bolton 1930

Sister taxa: Orthomylacris alutacea, Orthomylacris analis, Orthomylacris berryi, Orthomylacris contorta, Orthomylacris cordiformis, Orthomylacris delicatula, Orthomylacris franklini, Orthomylacris gurleyi, Orthomylacris hastata, Orthomylacris heeri, Orthomylacris mansfieldi, Orthomylacris mathieui, Orthomylacris pauperata, Orthomylacris pennsylvaniae, Orthomylacris pittstoniana, Orthomylacris pluteus, Orthomylacris recta, Orthomylacris rigida, Phthinomylacris medialis

Type specimen: NHM 27,117 G 35, a tegmen. Its type locality is Mountain Colliery, Gorseinon (Five-Feet Seam), which is in a Westphalian D delta plain shale in the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Mountain Colliery, Gorseinon (Five-Feet Seam)

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