Insecta - Blattodea - Mylacridae
Alternative combinations: Mylacris antiquum, Orthomylacris antiqua
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1884. The species of Mylacris, a Carboniferous genus of cockroaches. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 3:299-309
Belongs to Mylacris according to J. Schneider 1983
See also Durden 1969, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1920, Handlirsch 1922, Scudder 1884 and Scudder 1895
Sister taxa: Mylacris abrupta, Mylacris alutacea, Mylacris ampla, Mylacris analis, Mylacris angusta, Mylacris anthracophila, Mylacris burri, Mylacris diplodiscus, Mylacris dubia, Mylacris lapsa, Mylacris lucifuga, Mylacris maior, Mylacris ovalis, Mylacris paradoxa, Mylacris pennsylvanica, Mylacris pulchra, Mylacris rugulosa, Mylacris sellardsi, Mylacris similis, Mylacris truncata, Mylacris truncatula, Mylacris virginiana, Lithomylacris ataxica, Lithomylacris gallica, Chalepomylacris pulchra, Actinomylacris similis, Promylacris ovalis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mazon Creek, USNM Lacoe Collection, which is in a Westphalian D interdistributary bay mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Mazon Creek, USNM Lacoe Collection
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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