Extinct family of cockroaches
Umenocoleidae is an extinct family of dictyopteran insects known from the Cretaceous . They are considered to be closely related to the Alienopteridae .[ 2] [ 3] sclerotised elytra -like forewings. This was probably an adaptation for living under bark and in other tight spaces.[ 2] [ 4]
Systematics
After[ 4] [ 5] [ 1]
†Umenocoleus Chen and Tan 1973 Dalazi Formation , China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian ) Zhonggou Formation , China, Early Cretaceous (Albian ), Jinju Formation , South Korea, Early Cretaceous (Albian)
†Ponopterix Vršanský and Grimaldi 1999 Crato Formation , Brazil, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
†Blattapterix Vršanský 2003 Xiagou Formation , China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
†Elytropterix Vršanský 2003 Dzun-Bain Formation , Mongolia, Aptian
†Petropterix Vršanský 2003 Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Zaza Formation , Russia, Kitadani Formation , Japan, Early Cretaceous (Aptian) Zhonggou Formation , China, Early Cretaceous (Albian), Jinju Formation, South Korea, Early Cretaceous (Albian)
†Compunctiotypus Kaddumi 2005 Jordanian amber , Early Cretaceous (Albian)
†Umenopterix Lee 2016 Crato Formation, Brazil, Early Cretaceous (Aptian) Burmese amber , Myanmar, mid Cretaceous (latest Albian-earliest Cenomanian )
†Alienopterix Mlynský, Vršanský et Wang, 2018 Burmese amber, Myanmar, mid Cretaceous (latest Albian-earliest Cenomanian)
†Enervipraeala Luo, Xu et Jarzembowski, 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, mid Cretaceous (latest Albian-earliest Cenomanian)
†Laticephalana Luo, Beutel, Xu et Jarzembowski, 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, mid Cretaceous (latest Albian-earliest Cenomanian)
†Archaeospinapteryx
†Trapezionotum
†Poikiloprosopon
†?Vzrkadlenie Cratovitismidae )
†Nigropterix Turonian )
†Umenotypus
†Pseudoblattapterix Jantaropterix Vršanský and Grimaldi 2003 , Perspicuus Koubová, 2020 , Lepidopterix Sendi, 2020 and Antophiloblatta Sendi, 2020 have been transferred to Cratovitismidae , while Vitisma Vršanský 1999 and Permoponopterix Nel, Prokop et Kirejtshuk, 2014 have been excluded from the family.[ 4]
References
^ a b Sendi, H.; Le Tirant, S.; Palková, H.; Chorvát, D.; Šurka, J.; Cumming, R. (2023). "Umenocoleidae (Insecta: Dictyoptera) from Turonian sediments of Kzyl-Zhar, Kazakhstan and Cenomanian northern Myanmar amber". Biologia . doi :10.1007/s11756-023-01356-z . ^ a b Liuo, C.-H.; Beutel, R. G.; Thomson, U. R; Zheng, D.-R.; Li, J.-H.; Zhao, X.-Y.; Zhang, H.-C.; Wang, B. (2021). "Beetle or roach: systematic position of the enigmatic Umenocoleidae based on new material from Zhonggou Formation in Jiuquan, Northwest China, and a morphocladistic analysis" . Palaeoworld . 31 : 121– 130. doi :10.1016/j.palwor.2021.01.003 S2CID 234208413 . ^ Chen, S.; Tan, C. C. (1973). "A new family of Coleoptera from the Lower Cretaceous of Kansu" . Acta Entomologica Sinica . 16 (2): 169– 179. ^ a b c Luo, Cihang; Beutel, Rolf G.; Engel, Michael S.; Liang, Kun; Li, Liqin; Li, Jiahao; Xu, Chunpeng; Vršanský, Peter; Jarzembowski, Edmund A.; Wang, Bo (February 2022). "Life history and evolution of the enigmatic Cretaceous–Eocene Alienopteridae: A critical review" . Earth-Science Reviews . 225 : 103914. doi :10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103914 . S2CID 245601183 . ^ "Fossilworks: Umenocoleidae" . fossilworks.org . Retrieved 17 December 2021 .
