Sociala

Sociala is an extinct genus of cockroach which existed in what is now France during the early Cretaceous period (Albian age).[1] It was named by Peter Vršanský in 2010, and the type species is Sociala perlucida.[1]

Sociala Temporal range: Albian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Blattodea
Family:	†Socialidae
Genus:	†Sociala Vršanský, 2010
Species:	†S. perlucida
Binomial name
†Sociala perlucida Vršanský, 2010

Phylogeny

Cladogram after Vršanský (2010).[1]

Dictyoptera	Phyloblattidae         Cryptocercidae       Polyphagidae     Rest living Blattodea           Liberiblattinidae       Liberiblattinidae         Mantodea     Eadiidae         Liberiblattinidae     Liberiblattinidae     Skokidae       Mastotermitidae       Rest living Isoptera     Socialidae

References

1. Peter Vršanský (2010). "Cockroach as the Earliest Eusocial Animal". Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 84 (4): 793–808. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00261.x.