†Malaccina wightensis Ross 2019 (cockroach)
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Insecta - Blattodea - Ectobiidae
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 Malaccina according to A. J. Ross 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NHMUK I.9266(1), a tegmen. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Brodie coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bembridge Marls (Brodie coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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