†Plectoptera antiqua Shelford 1911 (cockroach)
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Insecta - Blattodea - Pseudophyllodromiidae
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 Plectoptera according to R. Shelford 1911
Sister taxon: Plectoptera electrina
Type specimen: BMNH I.13758, 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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