BLATTULIDAE Vishniakova, 1982

Vršanský, Peter, 2009, Albian cockroaches (Insecta, Blattida) from French amber of Archingeay, Geodiversitas 31 (1), pp. 73-98 : 75

Family BLATTULIDAE Vishniakova, 1982

DIAGNOSIS. — Usually small species (forewing usually well under 10 mm, extremely rarely 17 mm). Head globular, eyes projected more or less within outline of the head. Occiput usually with two distinct dark stripes. Antennal segments bearing a set of transversal ridges and five to seven subapical sensilla chaetica about as long as half segment length. Maxillary palp short and robust. Body thick, cerci with few segments bearing extremely long sensilla chaetica; styli present. Female with short external ovipositor. Wings with plain dark veins and more pale plain intercalaries, usually with cross-veins. Sc simple; RS not differentiated; A simple. Hindwing with comb-like R1, differentiated RS, usually with simply branched CuA, simple CuP and curved and branched A1. Pleating is not veer-like.