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Two new cockroaches (Insecta: Blattaria: Vitisma, Nuurcala) from the Lower Cretaceous sediments of Shar-Tologoy in Mongolia

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Despite the abundance of cockroaches (n = 593 specimens of 18 genera and 30 species) in the Mongolian Cretaceous, there is a single formally established and four reported species of Blattaria from the Shar-Tologoy (Valditermes acutipennis Ponomarenko, 1988; Liadoblattina mongolica Vršanský, 2003; Archimesoblatta altera Vršanský, 1997; Praeblattella dichotoma Vršanský, 2003; Cretophotina mongolica Gratshev and Zherikhin, 1993). Nuurcala coloris and Vitisma okata spp. n. are reported here from Early Cretaceous, which represent genera restricted to Laurasia. These fossil genera were documented from Early Cretaceous of Asia (Russian Baissa; Mongolian Bon Tsagaan, Sharin-Gol, Khulirt, Bakhar; Chinese Meitian, Yixian, Daohugou; Japanese Fukui) and Europe (Montsec, Spain). Samples with well-preserved venation and coloration provided correct systematic position with categorization of Shar-Tologoy to northern Laurasian biota (Baissa biota with all Cretaceous Mongolian sites) rather than to southern Jehol biota, and with transitional taxa. This evidences obscured long-lasting (> 50 Ma) isolated occurrences of certain abundant insect groups within narrow areas within Laurasia.

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I thank the collective of the Arthropoda Laboratory (PIN RAS, Moscow) for collecting and providing samples, Peter Vršanský (ESISAS, Bratislava) for advice, assistance, and two anonymous reviewers for critically reviewing the manuscript. Ladislav Roller and Jan Hinkelman (both IZ SAS, Bratislava) are acknowledged for providing and instructing the microlenses. This research was financed by the UNESCO-Amba/ MVTS supporting grant of Presidium of the Slovak Academy of Sciences; the Slovak Scientific Grant Agency VEGA 2/0113/22. Part of the Governmental High school BARS 2020 competition (Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of the Slovak Republic; Embassy of the Russian Federation in Bratislava; Embassy of the Republic of India in Bratislava).

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Kováčová, Z. Two new cockroaches (Insecta: Blattaria: Vitisma, Nuurcala) from the Lower Cretaceous sediments of Shar-Tologoy in Mongolia. Biologia 78, 1551–1563 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-022-01145-0

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