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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | †Liberiblattinidae Vršanský 2002 |
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Systematics edit
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 edit
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Liberiblattinidae". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ 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.