Insecta - Blattodea - Pseudophyllodromiidae
Full reference: A. J. Ross. 2019. The Blattodea (cockroaches), Mantodea (praying mantises) and Dermaptera (earwigs) of the Insect Limestone (late Eocene), Isle of Wight, including the first record of Mantodea from the UK. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 110:301-311
Belongs to Balta according to A. J. Ross 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NHMUK II.2831a,b, a tegmen. Its type locality is North end of Thorness Bay, Bembridge Marls (BMNH collection), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Bembridge Marls Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at North end of Thorness Bay, Bembridge Marls (BMNH collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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