Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana Volumen 75, núm. 3, A080923, 2023 http://dx.doi.org/10.18268/BSGM2023v75n3a080923

New taxa of cockroaches (Blattodea: Blattaria) from early Miocene amber of Chiapas, Mexico

Nuevas taxa de cucarachas (Blattodea: Blattaria) del ámbar del Mioceno temprano de Chiapas, México

Julio C. Estrada-Álvarez ^1,2, Carlo G. Sormani^2,3, Reinier Núñez-Bazán^2,4, Jorge A. Mata-González¹, Francisco J. Vega^5,*

¹ Museo Universitario de Historia Natural Dr. Manuel M. Villada UAEMex, Instituto Literario 100, Colonia Centro, 50000, Toluca, Estado de México, Mexico.

² Entomological Research, Metepec, Bo. San Mateo, Estado de México, México.

³ Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Ap. Postal 63, 91000, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.

⁴ Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación (CIByC), Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Morelos, Mexico.

⁵ Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, 04510, CDMX Mexico.

* Corresponding author: (F.J.Vega) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

How to cite this article:

Estrada-Álvarez, J.C., Sormani, C.G., Núñez-Bazán, R., Mata-González, J.A., Vega, F.J., 2023, New taxa of cockroaches (Blattodea: Blattaria) from early Miocene amber of Chiapas, Mexico: Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, 75 (3), A080923. http://dx.doi.org/10.18268/BSGM2023v75n3a080923

Manuscript received: June 14, 2023; Corrected manuscript received: September 7, 2023; Manuscript accepted: September 9, 2023.

ABSTRACT

Twelve pieces of amber containing the remains of cockroaches are used to form the basis of this paper. Gutierrezina vrsanskyi n. gen., n. sp., is described. Supella miocenica Cifuentes-Ruiz, Vidlička, Čiampor and Vega, 2011 is moved to the new genus Gutierrezina. Three new species are described for the genus Cariblatta Hebard, 1916: C. simojovelensis n. sp.; C. amfivola n. sp.; and C. uchbena n. sp. In addition, new information from Anaplecta vega Barna et al. 2019 and Latiblattella sp. is provided.

Keywords: fossil, Simojovel amber, new taxa, new combination.