Phyllodromia praecursor Shelford 1911 (cockroach)

Insecta - Blattodea - Blattellidae

Full reference: R. Shelford. 1911. The British Museum collection of Blattidae enclosed in amber. Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology 32:59-69

Belongs to Phyllodromia according to R. Shelford 1911

Sister taxa: Blattella lengleti, Phyllodromia klebsi, Phyllodromia furcifera, Phyllodromia pristina, Phyllodromia antiqua, Phyllodromia woodwardi, Phyllodromia baltica, Phyllodromia tenacula, Phyllodromia yolanda, Phyllodromia germari, Phyllodromia latissima, Phyllodromia lorenzmeyeri

Type specimen: BMNH 58505, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is East Africa Copal (BMNH coll), which is in a Holocene terrestrial amber in Tanzania.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at East Africa Copal (BMNH coll)

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