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Mylacridae

Insecta - Blattodea - Mylacridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Blattina bretonensis Scudder p. 271 fig. 1
1879Mylacridae Scudder
1879Mylacris bretonense Scudder p. 41
1884Mylacris bretonense Scudder p. 300
1885Mylacridae Scudder p. 34
1886Mylacridae Scudder p. 211
1890Paromylacris ampla Scudder p. 408 figs. Pl 31, fig 7
1893Mylacridae Scudder
1895Mylacridae Scudder p. 40
1895Mylacris bretonensis Scudder p. 41
1895Paromylacris ampla Scudder p. 51 figs. Pl III fig 4
1904Mylacridae Sellards
1906Mylacridae Handlirsch p. 258
1906Neorthroblattinidae Handlirsch p. 275
1906Idiomylacridae Handlirsch p. 283
1906Neorthroblattinidae Handlirsch p. 790
1911Mylacridae Handlirsch
1916Mylacridae Tillyard
1919Mylacridae Pruvost p. 192
1922Mylacridae Handlirsch p. 174
1923Mylacridae Tillyard
1927Mylacridae Cockerell p. 405
1955Mylacrididae Zeuner p. 685
1969Idiomylacridae Durden p. 1172
1969Mylacridae Durden p. 1173
1980Neorthroblattinidae Laurentiaux-Vieira and Laurentiaux p. 176
1983Mylacridae Schneider p. 111
2005Mylacridae Martens et al.
2007Mylacridae Jarzembowski and Schneider p. 451

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
familyMylacridae()
familyMylacridae()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Mylacridae Scudder 1879
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G. †Amblymylacris Handlirsch 1906
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Amblymylacris clintoniana Scudder 1895
Amblymylacris harei Scudder 1895
Invalid names: Amblymylacris (Cursimylacris) Durden 1972 [nomen nudum]
G. †Aphelomylacris Handlirsch 1906
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Aphelomylacris modesta Handlirsch 1906
Aphelomylacris singularis Handlirsch 1906
Invalid names: Aphelomylacris (Eomylacris) Durden 1972 [nomen nudum], Aphelomylacris coalburnensis Durden 1972 [nomen nudum]
G. †Austromylacrites Tillyard 1916
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Austromylacrites latus Tillyard 1916
G. †Cathayiblatta Li et al. 2007
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Cathayiblatta longata Li et al. 2007
G. †Cyphomylacris Cockerell 1927
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Cyphomylacris atrata Cockerell 1927
Cyphomylacris saclieri Pruvost 1919
G. †Dictyomylacris Brongniart 1894
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Dictyomylacris elegans Handlirsch 1906
Dictyomylacris insignis Brongniart 1894
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Invalid names: Dictyomylacris analis Handlirsch 1937 [synonym], Dictyomylacris angustior Handlirsch 1937 [synonym], Dictyomylacris medialis Handlirsch 1937 [synonym], Dictyomylacris poiraulti Brongniart 1894 [synonym], Dictyomylacris subcostalis Handlirsch 1937 [synonym], Etoblattina (Metaxyblatta) minuscula Meunier 1921 [synonym], Etoblattina (Metaxyblatta) perturbata Meunier 1921 [synonym], Lithomylacris elegantula Meunier 1921 [synonym], Mesitoblatta brongniarti Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]
Dictyomylacris jacobsi Meunier 1907
Dictyomylacris montagnei Pruvost 1912
Dictyomylacris multinervis Sellards 1904
Invalid names: Stenomylacris Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]
G. †Drybrookia Bolton 1924
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Drybrookia cubitalis Bolton 1924
G. †Goniomylacris Handlirsch 1906
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Goniomylacris pauper Handlirsch 1906
Subfm. †Hemimylacrinae Pruvost 1919
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G. †Brachymylacris Handlirsch 1906
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Subg. †Brachymylacris (Brachymylacris) Handlirsch 1906
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Invalid names: Brachymylacris (Brachymylacris) mclellanensis Durden 1972 [nomen nudum]
Brachymylacris bassleri Cockerell 1918
Brachymylacris elongata Handlirsch 1906
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Invalid names: Brachymylacris cordata Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Brachymylacris mixta Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]
Brachymylacris martini Cockerell 1927
Brachymylacris nodulata Bolton 1934
Brachymylacris rotundata Handlirsch 1906
Brachymylacris striolatus Handlirsch 1906
Invalid names: Brachymylacris (Bellamylacris) Durden 1972 [nomen nudum], Brachymylacris (Stellamylacris) Durden 1972 [nomen nudum]
G. †Hemimylacrella Handlirsch 1922
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Hemimylacrella leptophlebiopsis Becker-Migdisova 1961
Hemimylacrella mammothi Carpenter 1934
G. †Hemimylacris Handlirsch 1906
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Hemimylacris ampla Waterlot 1934
Hemimylacris bassleri Cockerell 1927
Hemimylacris clintoniana Scudder 1895
Hemimylacris ramificata Handlirsch 1906
Invalid names: Loxoblatta Cockerell 1927 [synonym]
G. †Lusitanomylacris Teixeira 1939
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Lusitanomylacris pruvosti Teixeira 1939
G. †Shanxiblatta Hong 1980
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Shanxiblatta striata Hong 1980
Shanxiblatta suni Hong 1980
G. †Stephanomylacris Teixeira 1941
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Stephanomylacris duriensis Teixeira 1941
Invalid names: Acadiemylacris Durden 1972 [nomen nudum], Blattina sepulta Scudder 1876 [nomen dubium], Pinnamylacris Durden 1972 [nomen nudum], Quasimylacris Durden 1972 [nomen nudum]
G. †Moravamylacris Schneider 1980
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Moravamylacris kukalovae Schneider 1980
Moravamylacris ricanyensis Schneider 1980
Mylacridae carbonina Handlirsch 1906
Subfm. †Mylacrinae Scudder 1886
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G. †Anomomylacris Handlirsch 1906
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Anomomylacris cubitalis Handlirsch 1906
G. †Neomylacris Handlirsch 1906
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Neomylacris major Handlirsch 1906
Neomylacris minor Handlirsch 1906
Neomylacris pulla Handlirsch 1906
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Invalid names: Neomylacris paucinervis Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]
G. †Neosimplicius Carpenter 1934
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Neosimplicius medialis Carpenter 1934
G. †Mylacris Scudder 1868
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Mylacris abrupta Bolton 1930
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Invalid names: Mylacris moriensis Copeland 1957 [synonym]
Mylacris alutacea Handlirsch 1906
Mylacris ampla Scudder 1895
Mylacris analis Handlirsch 1906
Mylacris angusta Scudder 1879
Mylacris anthracophila Scudder 1868
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Invalid names: Actinomylacris carbonum Scudder 1884 [synonym], Mylacridae pseudocarbonum Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Mylacris elongata Scudder 1895 [synonym]
Mylacris antiqua Scudder 1884
Mylacris burri Bolton 1912
Mylacris diplodiscus Packard 1885
Mylacris dubia Handlirsch 1906
Mylacris lapsa Cockerell 1927
Mylacris lucifuga Scudder 1884
Mylacris maior Handlirsch 1906
Mylacris ovalis Scudder 1885
Mylacris paradoxa Handlirsch 1906
Mylacris pennsylvanica Scudder 1879
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Invalid names: Mylacris priscovolans Scudder 1884 [synonym]
Mylacris pulchra Handlirsch 1906
Mylacris rugulosa Handlirsch 1906
Mylacris sellardsi Handlirsch 1906
Mylacris similis Carpenter 1934
Mylacris truncata Handlirsch 1906
Mylacris truncatula Handlirsch 1906
Mylacris virginiana Handlirsch 1906
Invalid names: Actinomylacris Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Chalepomylacris Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Etomylacris Handlirsch 1920 [synonym], Exochomylacris Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Lithomylacris Scudder 1879 [synonym], Promylacris Scudder 1885 [synonym]
G. †Neorthroblattina Scudder 1885
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Invalid names: Mylacridium germari Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym]
Neorthroblattina brongniarti Handlirsch 1906
Neorthroblattina germari Schlechtendal 1906
Neorthroblattina gracilis Handlirsch 1906
Invalid names: Amorphoblatta Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Idiomylacris Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Schizoblattina Sellards 1904 [synonym]
G. †Opsiomylacris Haupt 1952
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Opsiomylacris elegans Müller 1975
Opsiomylacris postelegans Müller 1975
Opsiomylacris posthumus Müller 1957
Opsiomylacris preciosa Müller 1975
Opsiomylacris procera Haupt 1952
Opsiomylacris procerus Haupt 1952
Opsiomylacris svitaviensis Schneider 1980
Opsiomylacris thevenini Meunier 1912
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Invalid names: Paromylacris boulei Meunier 1921 [synonym]
Invalid names: Opsiomylacris (Opsiomylacris) Haupt 1952 [invalid subgroup], Opsiomylacris (Posteriomylacris) Müller 1975 [invalid subgroup]
G. †Orthomylacris Handlirsch 1906
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Orthomylacris alutacea Handlirsch 1906
Orthomylacris analis Handlirsch 1906
Orthomylacris berryi Cockerell 1927
Orthomylacris contorta Handlirsch 1911
Orthomylacris cordiformis Handlirsch 1906
Orthomylacris delicatula Bolton 1939
Orthomylacris franklini Cockerell 1927
Orthomylacris gurleyi Scudder 1895
Orthomylacris hastata Bolton 1939
Orthomylacris heeri Scudder 1875
Orthomylacris mansfieldi Scudder 1879
Orthomylacris mathieui Laurentiaux 1950
Orthomylacris northi Bolton 1930
Orthomylacris pauperata Scudder 1890
Orthomylacris pennsylvaniae Handlirsch 1920
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Invalid names: Orthomylacris pennsylvanica Handlirsch 1906 [replaced]
Orthomylacris pluteus Scudder 1895
Orthomylacris recta Cockerell 1927
Orthomylacris rigida Scudder 1890
Invalid names: Phthinomylacris Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]
G. †Paromylacris Scudder 1885
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Paromylacris jacobsi Meunier 1907
Paromylacris rotunda Scudder 1885
Paromylacris thevenini Meunier 1912
G. †Platymylacris Handlirsch 1911
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Platymylacris paucinervis Handlirsch 1911
G. †Ptilomylacris Cockerell 1918
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Ptilomylacris medialis Cockerell 1918
G. †Rhodesiomylacris Zeuner 1955
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Rhodesiomylacris bondi Zeuner 1955
G. †Simplicius Handlirsch 1920
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Simplicius simplex Scudder 1879
G. †Sooblatta Handlirsch 1906
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Sooblatta ampla Waterlot 1934
Sooblatta boltoniana Schneider 1983
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Invalid names: Orthomylacris lanceolata Bolton 1911 [replaced]
Sooblatta burri Bolton 1912
Sooblatta deanensis Scudder 1895
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Invalid names: Hemimylacris obtusa Bolton 1911 [synonym], Phylomylacris membranacea Bolton 1930 [synonym], Soomylacris celtica Bolton 1934 [synonym], Soomylacris stocki Bolton 1922 [synonym]
Sooblatta emersoni Carpenter 1934
Sooblatta jacobsi Meunier 1907
Sooblatta lanceolata Sterzel 1881
Sooblatta nodulata Bolton 1934
Sooblatta ovata Wallis 1939
Sooblatta stephanensis Laurentiaux 1950
Sooblatta sterzeli Handlirsch 1909
Sooblatta strahani Bolton 1930
Sooblatta testudo Scudder 1890
Sooblatta villeti Pruvost 1912
Invalid names: Anacoloblatta Handlirsch 1920 [synonym], Discomylacris Handlirsch 1920 [synonym], Soomylacris Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]
G. †Sphenomylacris Handlirsch 1906
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Sphenomylacris singularis Handlirsch 1906
Invalid names: Blattina bretonensis Scudder 1875 [nomen dubium], Neorthroblattinidae Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Orthomylacrinae Durden 1969 [empty], Paromylacris ampla Scudder 1890 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Westphalian B to the top of the Norian or 316.90000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (113 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2USA (Illinois) Mylacris anthracophila (122575)
Westphalian318.7 - 307.5USA (West Virginia) Exochomylacris virginiana (125763)
Westphalian318.7 - 307.5USA (Rhode Island) Aphelomylacris modesta (112700)
Westphalian B316.9 - 314.6United Kingdom (Wales) Mesitoblatta nodulata (151401)
Westphalian B316.9 - 314.6USA (Maryland) Brachymylacris martini (124513)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0United Kingdom (England) Etoblattina deanensis (97600 125696)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Maryland) Cyphomylacris atrata (124516) Loxoblatta bassleri (124498) Mylacris lapsa (124514) Orthomylacris berryi (124497) Orthomylacris recta (124515)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (West Virginia) Orthomylacris franklini (124499)
Westphalian C314.6 - 309.8Canada (Nova Scotia) Acadiemylacris attenuata (216815) Amblymylacris acadica (216826) Amblymylacris orieulxi (155673) Amblymylacris sp., Archimylacris sp. 2 (155671) Aphelomylacris thorburnensis (216829) Brachymylacris belli (216804) Brachymylacris mclellanensis (216823) Brachymylacris mountvillensis (216828) Brachymylacris sp. (216803 216821) Hemimylacridae indet. (216806 216817 216822) Quasimylacris sp. (216816)
Westphalian C314.6 - 309.8France Soomylacris lotharingiae (153152)
Westphalian C - Westphalian D314.6 - 307.5USA (Oklahoma) Metachorus striolatus (125738)
Westphalian C - Westphalian D314.6 - 307.5USA (Pennsylvania) Hemimylacris ramificata, Orthomylacris rugulosa, Orthomylacris elongata, Orthomylacris pennsylvanica, Anomomylacris cubitalis, Mylacris dubia, Neomylacris paucinervis, Idiomylacris gracilis, Neomylacris pulla (125764) Stenomylacris elegans, Chalepomylacris pulchra, Brachymylacris rotundata, Brachymylacris mixta, Goniomylacris pauper (114456)
Westphalian C - Westphalian D314.6 - 307.5France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) Soomylacris sp. (151695)
Westphalian C - Westphalian D314.6 - 307.5France Orthomylacris sp. (151689)
Westphalian C - Westphalian D314.6 - 307.5Canada (Nova Scotia) Blattina bretonensis, Blattina heeri (153634) Blattina sepulta (122607)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Missouri) Etoblattina clintoniana (124242) Paromylacris clintoniana (125697)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5United Kingdom (England) Soomylacris burri (127544)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5France Hemimylacris ampla (153151) Lithomylacris ataxica (155439) Mylacridae indet. a (229657) Phylomylacris villeti, Barroisiblatta orieulxi, Soomylacris lievinensis, Lithomylacris gallica (155432) Soomylacris deanensis, Phylomylacris villeti (155431)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5Canada (Nova Scotia) Archimylacris sp. (216833) Phyloblatta sp., Archimylacris sp. 2 (216831) Pinnamylacris elongata, Amblymylacris hendersoniana, Phyloblatta sp. (216834)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5United Kingdom Soomylacris celtica (151403) Soomylacris truncata (151402)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5United Kingdom (Wales) Asemoblatta ovata (162201) Hemimylacris obtusa (97599) Orthomylacris lanceolata (127543) Phylomylacris abrupta, Phylomylacris villeti (151389) Phylomylacris membranacea (151390) Soomylacris northi (151388) Soomylacris obesa, Orthomylacris delicatula (162202) Soomylacris obesa, Orthomylacris hastata (162203) Soomylacris strahani (127292)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Drybrookia cubitalis (151382)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) Hemimylacris saclieri (151692) Stenomylacris montagnei (151696)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Illinois) Lithomylacris simplex (122522) Mylacris mansfieldi (122524) Mylacris similis (146857) Orthomylacris contorta, Platymylacris paucinervis, Mylacris diplodiscus, Mylacris elongata (112630) Paromylacris rotundum, Dipeltis diplodiscus, Mylacris elongata, Promylacris rigida, Paromylacris ampla, Mylacris antiquum, Mylacris ampla (21981) Promylacris ovale, Mylacridae indet., Mylacris gurleyi (122521)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5Germany Blattina lanceolata (123932)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Pennsylvania) Hemimylacrella mammothi, Actinomylacris similis (124504) Lithomylacris angustum, Lithomylacris pittstonianum, Lithomylacris panperata, Orthomylacris analis, Orthomylacris truncatula, Phthinomylacris cordiformis, Phthinomylacris medialis, Neomylacris major, Sphenomylacris singularis (122525) Mylacris carbonum (125240) Mylacris lucifugum, Orthomylacris alutacea (125766) Mylacris pennsylvanicum, Mylacris mansfieldii, Mylacris priscovolans, Mylacris carbonum, Mylacris ovale, M. pseudocarbonum (117474) Neosimplicius medialis (155384) Paromylacris pluteus (125698) Stenomylacris sp., Brachymylacris bassleri, Ptilomylacris medialis (140162)
Stephanian307.5 - 300.4USA (Pennsylvania) Brachymylacris elongata, Brachymylacris cordata (125960)
Stephanian307.5 - 300.4USA (Missouri) Promylacris harei (123813)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Schizoblattina multinervia (113003 147044 147045)
Stephanian A305.1 - 301.5France Hemimylacris stephanensis (156705) Orthomylacris mathieui (156707)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9France Amorphoblatta brongniarti, Mesitoblatta brongniarti, Dictyomylacris insignis, Dictyomylacris poiraulti (103635) Dictyomylacris insignis, Dictyomylacris poiraulti, Dictyomylacris jacobsi, Paromylacris thevenini, Paromylacris boulei, Promylacris brongniarti, Lithomylacris elegantula, Anthracoblattina brongniarti, Etoblattina minuscula, Etoblattina perturbata, Dictyomylacris analis, Dictyomylacris angustior, Dictyomylacris medialis, Dictyomylacris subcostalis (121979)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Russian Federation Hemimylacrella leptophlebiopsis (124586)
Stephanian B301.5 - 301.0France Orthomylacris sp. (156710) Soomylacris flexuosus (172760)
Stephanian B301.5 - 301.0Morocco Opsiomylacris thevenini (127454 155288 155289)
Stephanian C301.0 - 300.4Germany (Saxony-Anhalt) Mylacridium germari, Mylacridium handlirschi, Mylacridium berlichi, Mylacridium longulum, Mylacridium goldenbergi, Mylacridium jucundum, Mylacridium superbum, Mylacridium planum, Mylacridium brongniarti, Mylacridium pulcrum, Mylacridium berlichianum, Mylacridium incertum, Mylacridium depressum, Mylacridium gracile, Mylacridium diversum, Blattoidea sp. (122578) Mylacridium schroeteri (122579) Opsiomylacris densistriata (125736)
Stephanian C301.0 - 300.4Portugal Stephanomylacris sp., Stephanomylacris duriensis, Stephanomylacris zbyszewskii, Lusitanomylacris pruvosti (152394)
Stephanian C301.0 - 300.4Germany Opsiomylacris densistriata (128415)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Germany (Thüringer Wald) Opsiomylacris elegans (164695) Opsiomylacris preciosa (164694) Opsiomylacris proceriformis (164693) Opsiomylacris procerus (128485)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Czech Republic Moravamylacris kukalovae, Opsiomylacris sp., Opsiomylacris svitaviensis (114186) Moravamylacris ricanyensis (114141) Moravamylacris sp 1, Opsiomylacris svitaviensis (133680) Opsiomylacris procera (114119) Opsiomylacris sp., Opsiomylacris svitaviensis (133681)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Colorado) Neorthroblattina albolineata (106345)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Germany (Thuringia) Nearoblatta phyloblattoidea (128477)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1China (Shanxi) Shanxiblatta suni, Shanxiblatta striata (140455)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Germany (Thüringer Wald) Opsiomylacris postelegans (164696) Opsiomylacris posthumus (160132)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Germany (Thuringia) Moravamylacris kukalovae, Opsiomylacris sp. (80112)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17Zimbabwe (Sebungu) Rhodesiomylacris bondi (116117)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0China (Shaanxi) Cathayiblatta longata (117138)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Australia (Queensland) Austromylacrites latus (111777)