Anthracoblattina macucai Lara and Cariglino 2026 (cockroach)

Insecta - Blattaria - Phyloblattidae

Full reference: M. B. Lara and B. Cariglino. 2026. A new phylloblattid dictyopteran - first fossil insect from the Arroyo Totoral Formation (Cisuralian, Permian) of La Rioja Province, Argentina. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 71:19-28

Belongs to Anthracoblattina according to M. B. Lara and B. Cariglino 2026

Sister taxa: Anthracoblattina aequa, Anthracoblattina archangelskyi, Anthracoblattina arnhardti, Anthracoblattina deichmuelleriana, Anthracoblattina didyma, Anthracoblattina dresdensis, Anthracoblattina ensifer, Anthracoblattina gigantea, Anthracoblattina lebachensis, Anthracoblattina mendesi, Anthracoblattina oliveirai, Anthracoblattina persistens, Anthracoblattina porrecta, Anthracoblattina poryvaikaensis, Anthracoblattina poryvaikensis, Anthracoblattina rueckerti, Anthracoblattina spectabilis, Anthracoblattina striata, Phauloblatta clathrata, Elaphroblatta intermedia

Type specimen: CRI-PI 1, a forewing. Its type locality is Fossil locality 1, south Sierra de los Llanos, which is in an Asselian lacustrine shale in the Arroyo Totoral Formation of Argentina.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Fossil locality 1, south Sierra de los Llanos

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