Insecta - Alienoptera - Umenocoleidae

Full reference: C. H. Luo, R. G. Beutel, C. P. Xu and E. A. Jarzembowski. 2021. †Laticephalana liuyani gen. et sp. nov., a new bizarre roachoid of †Umenocoleidae (Insecta, Dictyoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 132:469-478

Parent taxon: Umenocoleidae according to C. H. Luo et al. 2022

See also Luo et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Alienopterix, Alienopterixinae, Archaeospinapteryx, Blattapterix, Compunctiotypus, Cratovitisma, Elytropterix, Enervipraeala, Nigropterix, Petropterix, Poikiloprosopon, Ponopterix, Pseudoblattapterix, Pseudojantaropterix, Trapezionotum, Umenocoleus, Umenopterix, Umenotypus, Vitisminae, Vzrkadlenie

Subtaxa: Laticephalana liuyani

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Type: Laticephalana liuyani

Ecology: fast-moving arboreal herbivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (Ruipoxuan Amber Museum coll) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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