Vitisma Vršanský, 1999

Sendi, Hemen, 2024, Vitisma coriacea sp. n. (Insecta: Dictyoptera) from the mid-Cretaceous in northern Myanmar, first record of the genus in amber, Zootaxa 5437 (2), pp. 294-300 : 295

Genus Vitisma Vršanský, 1999

Type species. Vitisma rasnitsyni Vršanský, 1999 ; Baissa , Siberia, Russian Federation .

Composition. Vitisma rasnitsyni Vršanský, 1999 ; Vitisma diffusa Vršanský, 2003 ; Vitisma occidentalis Vršanský et Ansorge, 2001 ; Vitisma orientalis Vršanský, 2005 ;? Vitisma sp. ( Oyama et al. 2022); Vitisma okata Kováčová, 2023

Diagnosis (improved according to Vršanský &Ansorge 2001). Small cockroaches with sclerotized forewings; venation simplified with simple Sc (with possible reticulations ending in wing margin); R not differentiated; M more or less straight; CuA branched; A simple and straight. Sometimes a distinct pale colour spot is present. Hindwing venation similar to that of Blattulidae with oblique and distinct pterostigma. Pronotum typically shield-like and convex, with transverse margins.

Stratigraphic range. Hauterivian-Cenomanian.

Geographic range. Laurasia ( Spain, Russia, Mongolia, Japan?) and partly Gondwanan element of Myanmar.