Sociala

Sociala is an extinct genus of cockroach which existed in what is now France during the early Cretaceous period (Albian age).[1] It was named by Peter Vršanský in 2010, and the type species is Sociala perlucida.[1]

Sociala
Temporal range: Albian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Socialidae
Genus:
Sociala

Vršanský, 2010
Species:
S. perlucida
Binomial name
Sociala perlucida
Vršanský, 2010

Phylogeny

Cladogram after Vršanský (2010).[1]

 Dictyoptera 

Phyloblattidae

Cryptocercidae

Polyphagidae

Rest living Blattodea

Liberiblattinidae

Liberiblattinidae

Mantodea

Eadiidae

Liberiblattinidae

Liberiblattinidae

Skokidae

Mastotermitidae

Rest living Isoptera

Socialidae

References

  1. Peter Vršanský (2010). "Cockroach as the Earliest Eusocial Animal". Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 84 (4): 793–808. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00261.x.


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