THE PHYLOGENETIC POSITION OF MIROBLATTA S HELFORD, 1906 AND ITS BEARING FOR THE EVOLUTION OF HIND WINGS FOLDING IN COCKROACHES (DICTYOPTERA, BLATTARIA)

Authors
GRANDCOLAS P
Citation
P. Grandcolas, THE PHYLOGENETIC POSITION OF MIROBLATTA S HELFORD, 1906 AND ITS BEARING FOR THE EVOLUTION OF HIND WINGS FOLDING IN COCKROACHES (DICTYOPTERA, BLATTARIA), Annales de la Societe entomologique de France, 29(4), 1993, pp. 345-349
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Annales de la Societe entomologique de France → ACNP
ISSN journal
00379271
Volume
29
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
345 - 349
Database
ISI
SICI code
0037-9271(1993)29:4<345:TPPOMS>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The genus Miroblatta does not belong to the subfamily Polyphaginae, bu t to the family Blaberidae, and probably to the subfamily Epilamprinae . The simple folding of its hindwings (no fan-like anal field) is not a simple synapomorphic feature of any cockroach family and appears mer ely to be a symplesiomorphic trait in Dictyoptera.