Liberiblattinidae

Liberiblattinidae
Temporal range: Toarcian–Santonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Liberiblattinidae
Vršanský 2002
Genera

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Liberiblattinidae is an extinct family of cockroaches known from the Jurassic to Cretaceous. Some taxa, like Cryptoblatta and Hydrokhoohydra, are suggested to be semiaquatic.[1] Spongistoma is suggested to be a nectarivore due to its unique sucking/sponging "proboscis" mouthparts.[2] Some authors have suggested that the family is ancestral to Mantodea.[3]

Systematics

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Indeterminate juveniles are also known from the Aptian Crato Formation of Brazil, the Aalenian Bakhar Formation of Mongolia,[1] and the Santonian Taimyr amber of Russia.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Vršanský, Peter; Sendi, Hemen; Aristov, Danil; Bechly, Günter; Müller, Patrick; Ellenberger, Sieghard; Azar, Dany; Ueda, Kyoichiro; Barna, Peter; Garcia, Thierry (April 2019). "Ancient roaches further exemplify 'no land return' in aquatic insects". Gondwana Research. 68: 22–33. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2018.10.020. S2CID 135284778.
  2. ^ Sendi, Hemen; Hinkelman, Jan; Vršanská, Lucia; Kúdelová, Tatiana; Kúdela, Matúš; Zuber, Marcus; van de Kamp, Thomas; Vršanský, Peter (2020-01-29). "Roach nectarivory, gymnosperm and earliest flower pollination evidence from Cretaceous ambers". Biologia. 75 (10): 1613–1630. doi:10.2478/s11756-019-00412-x. ISSN 0006-3088. S2CID 210938183.
  3. ^ Vršanský, Peter; Bechly, Günter (2015-04-01). "New predatory cockroaches (Insecta: Blattaria: Manipulatoridae fam.n.) from the Upper Cretaceous Myanmar amber". Geologica Carpathica. 66 (2): 133–138. doi:10.1515/geoca-2015-0015. ISSN 1336-8052.
  4. ^ "Fossilworks: Liberiblattinidae". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  5. ^ Vršanský, Peter (2019-06-24). "Santonian cockroaches from Yantardakh amber (Russia: Taimyr) differ in dominance". Palaeoentomology. 2 (3): 297–307. doi:10.11646/palaeoentomology.2.3.15. ISSN 2624-2834. S2CID 198345401.