Oulopteryx
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| Oulopteryx | |
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| Oulopteryx sp. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Corydiidae |
| Genus: | Oulopteryx Hebard, 1921 |
| Type species | |
| Oulopteryx meliponarum Hebard, 1921 | |
Oulopteryx is a genus of medium-small cockroaches in the family Corydiidae found in tropical South America.[1]
The genus Oulopteryx was described by Hebard in 1921, with O. meliponarum designated as the genotype. It is considered an aberrant member of the Corydiinae, placed in linear arrangement after Buhohlatta and before Ceuthobiella. The curled wings show a development from a very different stock than related genera, with a further development of the type found in the Ectobine genus Theganopteryx.[2]