Abstract
Third, central ocellus, lost in living cockroaches, is discovered in the diverse Upper Jurassic representatives of the family Caloblattinidae. Three new genera possessing central ocellus are described: Decomposita triocella gen. et sp. nov.; Srdiecko tri gen. et sp. nov.; Paleovia praecarnia gen. et sp. nov. Presence of central ocellus, although a plesiomorphy, in the Caloblattinidae falsifies the last argument against their ancestral position in respect to mantises (via the Liberiblattinidae).References
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