Biologia

, Volume 62, Issue 5, pp 588–592 | Cite as

Jumping cockroaches (Blattaria, Skokidae fam. n.) from the Late Jurassic of Karatau in Kazakhstan

  • Peter Vršanský
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Abstract

The jumping cockroach Skok svaba gen. et sp. n., characteristic of modern reproduction, is described from the Upper Jurassic Karabastau Formation in Kazakhstan, and attributed to a new family Skokidae. The finding demonstrates the immense plasticity of stem cockroaches from which eusocial termites and predatory mantises evolved.

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fossil insects new family phylogeny Blattaria (=Blattodea) Kimmeridgian 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Peter Vršanský
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    • 2
  1. 1.Geological InstituteSlovak Academy of SciencesBratislava 45Slovakia
  2. 2.Arthropoda Laboratory, Paleontological InstituteRussian Academy of SciencesMoscowRussia

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