Chuanblatta lata Liang et al. 2021 (cockroach)

Insecta - Blattaria - Raphidiomimidae

Full reference: J. H. Liang, Y. Wang, C. K. Shih and D. Ren. 2021. Chuanblatta gen. nov. sexually dimorphic cockroaches of Raphidiomimidae (Blattaria) from the Jiulongshan Formation in China. Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaeozoology - Stratigraphy 321:3-17

Belongs to Chuanblatta according to J. H. Liang et al. 2021

Sister taxon: Chuanblatta huntianlingensis

Type specimen: CNU-B-NN2020083, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2020 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving volant insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2020 collection)

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