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The Blattodea (cockroaches), Mantodea (praying mantises) and Dermaptera (earwigs) of the Insect Limestone (late Eocene), Isle of Wight, including the first record of Mantodea from the UK

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2019

Andrew J. ROSS
Andrew J. ROSS*
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Department of Natural Sciences, National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1JF, UK. Email: A.ross@nms.ac.uk Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK.
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Abstract

The fossil cockroaches (Blattodea), praying mantises (Mantodea) and earwigs (Demaptera) are described from the Insect Limestone (Priabonian) of the Isle of Wight, southern England. Three new species of cockroach are described in the family Ectobiidae – Phyllodromica protosardea sp. nov., Balta protosimilis sp. nov. and Malaccina? wightensis sp. nov. – and a further nine indeterminate species are presented (based on ten specimens). The only known specimen of praying mantis is described as Protohierodula crabbi gen. et sp. nov. in the family Manteidae, which constitutes the first record of Mantodea from the UK. The only known specimen of earwig is an incomplete juvenile belonging to the superfamily Forficuloidea.

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CorydiidaeEctobiidaeForficuloideaManteidaePriabonian
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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 110 , Issue 3-4: The Fauna and Flora of the Insect Limestone (late Eocene), Isle of Wight, UK, Volume 2 , September 2019 , pp. 301 - 311
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