Letter, 2024

New data on the genus Supella Shelford, 1911 (Dictyoptera: Pseudophyllodromiidae) with description of female of S. eocenica Anisyutkin et Perkovsky, 2023 from Rovno amber

Zootaxa, ISSN 1175-5326, 1175-5334, Volume 5448, 3, Pages 439-445, 10.11646/zootaxa.5448.3.7

Contributors

Anisyutkin L.N. 0000-0002-7587-9078 (Corresponding author) [1] Vasilenko D.V. 0000-0002-4827-7290 [2] [3] Perkovsky E.E. 0000-0002-7959-4379 [4]

Affiliations

  1. [1] Zoological Institute
  2. [NORA names: Russia; Europe, Non-EU];
  3. [2] Cherepovets State University
  4. [NORA names: Russia; Europe, Non-EU];
  5. [3] Russian Academy of Sciences
  6. [NORA names: Russia; Europe, Non-EU];
  7. [4] University of Copenhagen
  8. [NORA names: KU University of Copenhagen; University; Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD]

Abstract

The paper provides a detailed morphological description of a previously unknown female of Supella eocenica Anisyutkin et Perkovsky, 2023. The structure of the tegmina and wings of the type species of the genus Supella, S. longipalpa (Fabricius, 1798), is also redescribed. Ecology of Rovno and Danish amber cockroaches is discussed.

Keywords

Danish amber, cockroach, late Eocene, morphology, ootheca, palaeoentomology

Funders

  • Statens Naturhistoriske Museum

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