Liberiblattinidae

Liberiblattinidae Temporal range: Toarcian–Santonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific 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

Based on ^[4]

• † Cryptoblatta Sendi and Azar 2019 Lebanese amber, Barremian
• † Elisamoides Vršanský 2004 Cattamarra Coal Measures, Australia, Toarcian Shar-Teg, Mongolia, Tithonian
• † Entropia Vršanský et al. 2012 Daohugou, China, Callovian
• † Gurvanoblatta Vishnyakova 1986 Gurvan-Eren Formation, Mongolia, Aptian
• † Hydrokhoohydra Vršanský 2019 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Callovian/Oxfordian
• † Kazachiblattina Vršanský 2002 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Callovian/Oxfordian
• † Kurablattina Martin 2010 Cattamarra Coal Measures, Australia, Toarcian
• † Leptolythica Vršanský 2009, Charentese amber, France, Albian
• † Liberiblattina Vršanský 2002 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Callovian/Oxfordian
• †Spongistoma Sendi 2020 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• † Stavba Vršanská and Vršanský 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

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

1. 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.