Umenocoleidae (Insecta: Dictyoptera) from Turonian sediments of Kzyl-Zhar, Kazakhstan and Cenomanian northern Myanmar amber.

Umenocoleidae is an enigmatic, extinct Mesozoic beetle-like roach family with cosmopolitan distribution erroneously attributed to various insect orders by past authors. Here unusual and well-preserved Archaeospinapteryx tartarensis gen. et sp. n., Trapezionotum vrsanskyi gen. et sp. n., Poikiloprosopon celiae gen. et sp. n., Vzrkadlenie karneri sp. n., and V. saintgermaini sp. n. are described from Cenomanian Burmese amber of the Hukawng Valley. Furthermore, Nigropterix angustata gen. et sp. n. and Umenotypus maculatus gen. et sp. n. are reported from Turonian sediments of Kzyl-Zhar, Kazakhstan. ?Classopolis pollen grains directly attached on the frons of the head of one specimen indiciate pollen transfer, as reported in other representatives of Umenocoleoidea. The herein studied material increases our knowledge of the diversity of this bizarre lineage and extends its temporal and paleogeographic distribution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]