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Eurycanthablatta Fritzsche and Zompro 2008

  • 1. Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 505 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA & Program in Ecology, Evolution & Conservation Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA
  • 2. Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 505 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA & Program in Ecology, Evolution & Conservation Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA & Departamento de Entomología, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Arenales 1256, Jesús María, Lima, Perú
  • 3. Departamento de Entomología, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Arenales 1256, Jesús María, Lima, Perú & Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas y Fisiológicas, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Av. Honorio Delgado 430, Urb Ingeniería, Lima, Perú
  • 4. Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 505 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA
  • 5. School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, 451 E Tyler Mall, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA
  • 6. High Performance Biological Computing Center, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 505 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA
  • 7. U bažantnice, Velká Chuchle 159 00 Czech Republic
  • 8. College of Arts and Sciences, University of Alabama, Museums, 121 Smith Hall Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA

Description

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EurycanthablattaFritzsche and Zompro, 2008 (incertae sedis)

Remarks.

Fritzsche & Zompro established that Eurycanthablatta genitalia were, in part, similar to both Cryptocercus and Lamproblatta. Unfortunately, due to the lack of a more detailed description, or imaging of these characters, they are not systematically useful. Based on the data in the original paper, we think it is reasonable to assume this taxon is Blattoidea and indeed could be closely related to Xylophagodea. Given that it is so morphologically different from both Cryptocercus, and the other Lamproblattidae, we think it is possible that Eurycanthablatta could represent a new deep lineage. Yet, without material for examination or further details about the types of Eurycanthablatta pugionata, we cannot make systematic progress on this taxon. We consider it to be incertae sedis in Kittrickea based on the limited information available.

Notes

Published as part of Evangelista, Dominic A., Medina-Espinoza, Emmy Fiorella, Mendieta Yáñez, Stephany Karla, Drager, Kim, Swichtenberg, Kali L., Gile, Gillian, Kang, Yifei, Hromádka, Jiří, Vanker, Katharine & Sanchez-Herrera, Melissa, 2026, Xylomycophagy in a close relative of termites: Lamproblattidae (Blattodea) systematics, ecology, and diet, pp. 309-342 in Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 84 on pages 309-342, DOI: 10.3897/asp.84.e144506

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