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A new Middle Jurassic cockroach (Blattaria: Blattulidae) from the Jiulongshan Formation of Daohugou in China

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Species of Pseudomantina Sendi et Vršanský, 2021 in the family of Blattulidae Vishniakova, 1982, the peculiar and possibly predatory cockroach genus, have been reported from Upper Jurassic Karatau compression sedimentary fossils site and Barremian Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber. Pseudomantina baijuyii Liang, Wang, Shih et Ren, sp. n. from Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China in the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation is diagnosed with simple Sc, ovoid pronotum, A with six simple veins, not forked, lack of diagonal kink at clavus, and peculiar coloration patterns on forewing. This new species is differentiated from P. nigroalba Vršanský, 2021 which have five simple anal veins, not forked, and also from P. occisor Sendi, 2021 which have five anal veins.

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We thank Peter Vršanský (Bratislava) for advice and anonymous reviewers for valuable suggestions to improve this manuscript.

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This research was supported by Tianjin Propaganda and Culture “Five-a group of” Talents Fund; Beike Youth Core Program (Grant No. YS201902); National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant nos. 31730087, 41688103 and 32020103006).

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  2. Beijing Museum of Natural History, 126 Tianqiao South St, Dongcheng District, 100050, Beijing, PR China

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  3. College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, 105 Xisanhuanbeilu, Haidian District, 100048, Beijing, PR China

    Chungkun Shih & Dong Ren

  4. Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 20013, Washington, DC, USA

    Chungkun Shih

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J.H.L., Y.W. and D.R. designed the research project; J.H.L. and Y.W. preformed the research; J.H.L., Y.W. and C.K.S. wrote the paper and contributed equally to this work. All authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript.

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Liang, J., Wang, Y., Shih, C. et al. A new Middle Jurassic cockroach (Blattaria: Blattulidae) from the Jiulongshan Formation of Daohugou in China. Biologia 78, 1429–1432 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-022-01300-7

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