International Geological Journal - Official Journal of the Carpathian-Balkan Geological Association

SHORT COMMUNICATIONA complete larva of a Mesozoic (Early Cenomanian) cockroach (Insecta: Blattaria: Blattulidae) from the Sisteron amber (Alpes de Haute Provence, SE France)

Published: Jun 2008

Pages: 269 - 272

Authors: PETER VRSANSKY

Abstract: : A complete second-instar male larva of Nula sis gen. et sp.n., belonging to the cockroach family Blattulidae Vishniakova, 1982 is described from the Early Cenomanian amber of Sisteron in France. It reveals detailed and complete 3D morphology, with important presence of the central, 3rd ocellus, reduced in most adults and in all living cockroaches and termites, but present in some mantises. The modern distribution of unspecialized sensorial system of sensilla chaetica is also notable.

Keywords: Early Cenomanian, SE France, evolution, fossil insects, Blattaria (=Blattodea), Blattulidae, new genus, new species, Cretaceous amber

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