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Issue: Vol. 1660 No. 1: 14 Dec. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-12-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1660.1.4
Page range: 53–59
Abstract views: 72
PDF downloaded: 1

A new Middle Triassic genus and species of Mylacridae (Blattodea) from China

Beijing Museum of Natural History, Beijing 100050, China Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China
Beijing Museum of Natural History, Beijing 100050, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China
Blattodea Cathayiblatta new genus Middle Triassic Tongchuan China

Abstract

Shaanxi Entomofauna is important in the study of insect’s evolution from Paleozoic to Mesozoic. A new genus and species, Cathayiblatta longata gen. et sp. nov., of Mylacridae (Blattodea) from Middle Triassic is described. The new genus and species was found in Tongchuan City, Shaanxi Province of China, and the fossil referred to a new member of Tongchuan Entomassemblage of Shaanxi Entomofauna. The ultrastructure of wing was observed through scanning electron microscope. Comparison was made between the new genus and related genera Hemimylacris and Metaxyblatta.

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