Cockroach Stavba jarzembowskii sp. nov. (Blattaria: Liberiblattindae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

The family Liberiblattinidae is a small but phylogenetically most important group of Blattaria (cockroaches), comprising 17 Mesozoic genera and 20 species. The genus Stavba Vršanská et Vršanský in Vršanský et al. (2019c) of this family consists of two known species. Stavba jarzembowskii sp. nov. is described and figured based on an exceptionally preserved male individual in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar. It is distinguished from the other two species by having more round eyes, a narrower body, broader wings with broader costal area and less crossveins in the radial sector and medial field, and relatively uncurved A veins. Our new find further adds the diversity within this genus and of the cockroaches in 99 Ma tropical forests of Burmese amber.