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Mylacris

Insecta - Blattodea - Mylacridae

Taxonomy

Mylacris was named by Scudder (1868).

It was assigned to Mylacridae by Scudder (1886), Scudder (1893) and Scudder (1895); to Mylacridae by Sellards (1904); to Paleoblattidae by Sellards (1908); to Mylacrinae by Durden (1969); and to Mylacridae by Scudder (1879), Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1920), Cockerell (1927) and Schneider (1983).

Synonyms

Promylacris was named by Scudder (1885). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Mylacris by Schneider (1983).

It was assigned to Mylacridae by Scudder (1886) and Scudder (1895); to Paleoblattidae by Sellards (1908); and to Mylacridae by Scudder (1885), Handlirsch (1906) and Handlirsch (1920).
Lithomylacris was named by Scudder (1879). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Mylacris by Durden (1969).

It was assigned to Mylacridae by Scudder (1886) and Scudder (1895); to Mylacridae by Scudder (1879) and Handlirsch (1906); and to Mylacrinae by Pruvost (1919).
Exochomylacris was named by Handlirsch (1906). Its type is Exochomylacris virginiana.

It was synonymized subjectively with Mylacris by Durden (1969).

It was assigned to Mylacridae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1920) and Handlirsch (1922).
Actinomylacris was named by Handlirsch (1906). Its type is Mylacris carbonum.

It was synonymized subjectively with Mylacris by Durden (1969).

It was assigned to Mylacridae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1920), Handlirsch (1922) and Carpenter (1934).
Chalepomylacris was named by Handlirsch (1906).

It was synonymized subjectively with Mylacris by Schneider (1983).

It was assigned to Mylacridae by Handlirsch (1906) and Handlirsch (1920); and to Hemimylacridae by Durden (1969).
Etomylacris was named by Handlirsch (1920).

It was synonymized subjectively with Mylacris by Durden (1969).

It was assigned to Mylacridae by Handlirsch (1920).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1868	Mylacris Scudder p. 568
1879	Mylacris Scudder p. 40
1879	Lithomylacris Scudder p. 48
1885	Promylacris Scudder p. 34
1886	Lithomylacris Scudder p. 220
1886	Mylacris Scudder p. 220
1886	Promylacris Scudder p. 220
1893	Mylacris Scudder
1895	Mylacris Scudder p. 40
1895	Promylacris Scudder p. 47
1895	Lithomylacris Scudder p. 50
1904	Mylacris Sellards
1906	Exochomylacris Handlirsch p. 260
1906	Actinomylacris Handlirsch p. 264
1906	Chalepomylacris Handlirsch p. 266
1906	Mylacris Handlirsch p. 268
1906	Lithomylacris Handlirsch p. 270
1906	Promylacris Handlirsch p. 272
1906	Exochomylacris Handlirsch p. 767
1906	Actinomylacris Handlirsch p. 773
1906	Chalepomylacris Handlirsch p. 775
1908	Mylacris Sellards p. 505
1908	Promylacris Sellards p. 506
1919	Lithomylacris Pruvost p. 235
1920	Actinomylacris Handlirsch p. 454
1920	Exochomylacris Handlirsch p. 454
1920	Chalepomylacris Handlirsch p. 455
1920	Mylacris Handlirsch p. 455
1920	Etomylacris Handlirsch p. 456
1920	Promylacris Handlirsch p. 456
1922	Actinomylacris Handlirsch p. 176
1922	Exochomylacris Handlirsch p. 177
1927	Mylacris Cockerell p. 408
1934	Actinomylacris Carpenter p. 337
1969	Chalepomylacris Durden p. 1167
1969	Mylacris Durden p. 1168
1983	Mylacris Schneider p. 111

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia

Rank	Name	Author
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Polyneoptera	Martynov 1938
—	Holopandictyoptera
superorder	Dictyoptera	Latreille 1829
order	Blattodea	(Latreille 1810)
family	Mylacridae	()
genus	Mylacris

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.

G. †Mylacris Scudder 1868

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†Mylacris abrupta Bolton 1930

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

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

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]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available