Insecta - Blattodea - Mylacridae

Alternative combination: Phylomylacris abrupta

Synonym: Mylacris moriensis Copeland 1957

Full reference: H. Bolton. 1930. Fossil insects of the south Wales coalfield. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 86:9-49

Belongs to Mylacris according to E. A. Jarzembowski and J. W. Schneider 2007

See also Bolton 1930

Sister taxa: Mylacris alutacea, Mylacris ampla, Mylacris analis, Mylacris angusta, Mylacris anthracophila, Mylacris antiqua, 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, Actinomylacris similis, Lithomylacris gallica, Lithomylacris ataxica, Chalepomylacris pulchra, Promylacris ovalis

Type specimens:

• Mylacris abrupta: NMW 27,177 G 10(G 36), a tegmen. Its type locality is Beili Glas Colliery, Gorseinon (Penyscallen Seam), which is in a Westphalian D delta plain shale in the United Kingdom.
• Mylacris moriensis: GSC 10394, a tegmen. Its type locality is GSC 514, Morien Bay, which is in a Westphalian D terrestrial shale in the Sydney Mines Formation of Canada.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Beili Glas Colliery, Gorseinon (Penyscallen Seam)

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