Cupidoblatta
| Cupidoblatta Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Corydiidae |
| Genus: | †Cupidoblatta |
| Species: | †C. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| †Cupidoblatta elegans Sendi et al., 2026
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Cupidoblatta is an extinct genus of corydiid cockroach that lived in Myanmar during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous epoch. It is a monotypic genus that contains the species Cupidoblatta elegans.
Palaeobiology
Only males of C. elegans possess bipectinate antennae, indicating strong sexual selection existed in this species.[1]
References
- ^ Sendi, Hemen; Samay, Jan; Šmídová, Lucia; Lian, Zhendong; Káčerová, Júlia; Vidlička, Ľubomír (2 January 2026). "New mid-Cretaceous cockroaches (Blattaria: Corydiidae) from Kachin amber illuminate the diversity of bipectinate antennae". The Science of Nature. 113 (1). doi:10.1007/s00114-025-02060-5. ISSN 0028-1042. Retrieved 7 January 2026 – via Springer Nature Link.