Paekthoblatta coreanica So and Won 2021 (cockroach)

Insecta - Blattaria - Raphidiomimidae

Full reference: K. S. So and C. G. Won. 2021. Taxonomic names, in Paekthoblatta, a new predatory cockroach genus (Insecta: Blattaria: Raphidiomimidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Paektho-Dong, Sinuiju, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Paleontological Journal 55:906-909

Belongs to Paekthoblatta according to K. S. So and C. G. Won 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CKGP 20180828, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Paektodong, Sinuiju City, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Sinuiju Formation of North Korea.

Ecology: fast-moving volant insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Paektodong, Sinuiju City

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