†Anaplecta vega Barna et al. 2019 (cockroach)
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Insecta - Blattodea - Anaplectidae
Full reference: P. Barna, L. Šmídová, and M. A. Coutiño José. 2019. Living cockroach genus Anaplecta discovered in Chiapas amber (Blattaria: Ectobiidae: Anaplecta vega sp.n.). PeerJ 7(e7922)
Belongs to Anaplecta according to P. Barna et al. 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IHNFG-5323, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Mexican amber, Los Pocitos (IHNFG collection), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Mexican amber, Los Pocitos (IHNFG collection)
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