Prochaeradodis Piton, 1940

Cui, Yingying, Evangelista, Dominic A. & Béthoux, Olivier, 2018, Prayers for fossil mantis unfulfilled: Prochaeradodis enigmaticus Piton, 1940 is a cockroach (Blattodea), Geodiversitas 40 (15), pp. 353-362 : 358

Genus Prochaeradodis Piton, 1940

TYPE SPECIES. — Prochaeradodis enigmaticus Piton, 1940 monotypic genus.

Prochaeradodis enigmaticus Piton, 1940 ( Fig. 1 )

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype:MNHN.F.R07003, a single imprint of a moderately well-preserved individual, composed of: two forewings with, approximately, the distal half missing; a pair of hind wings with their middle parts partly overlapping, with basal-most part hidden and apex missing; some segments of thorax, head (outline?) and abdomen partly visible.

TYPE LOCALITY. — The material was unearthed at the Menat locality (Puy-de-Dôme, France; Piton 1940), regarded as of Paleocene age ( Kedves & Russell 1982).

REDESCRIPTION

Body ( Fig. 1A, B )

Estimated body length 27-35mm.

Figures

FIG. 1. — Prochaeradodis enigmaticus Piton, 1940, specimen MNHN.F.R07003, positive imprint: A, B, drawing and photograph (dry-ethanol composite) of general habitus; C, D, drawing and photograph (dry-ethanol composite) of left forewing; E, F, drawing and photograph (dry-ethanol composite) of right forewing; G, H, drawing and photograph (dry-ethanol composite) of hind wings. Scale bars: 5 mm.