Alderblattina Swaby et al. 2024 (cockroach)

Insecta - Blattaria - Rhipidoblattinidae

Full reference: E. J. Swaby, A. L. Coe, and A. J. Ross. 2024. A new cockroach (Blattodea, Rhipidoblattinidae) from the Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) of Alderton Hill, Gloucestershire, UK, and the earliest likely occurrence of aposematic colouration in cockroaches. Papers in Palaeontology 10(e1598)

Parent taxon: Rhipidoblattinidae according to E. J. Swaby et al. 2024

Sister taxon: Rhipidoblattina

Subtaxa: Alderblattina simmsi

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Type: Alderblattina simmsi

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Alderton Hill (BRSMG collection) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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