Geinitziidae


Geinitziidae is an extinct family of polyneopteran insects, known from the Permian to Cretaceous. They are currently considered to be members "Grylloblattida" a poorly defined group of extinct insects thought to be related to modern ice crawlers. Other authors place them in the extinct order Reculida. Unlike modern ice crawlers, which are wingless, they had large wings, bearing a superficial resemblance to cockroaches, and are thought to have been day-active above ground predators.

Taxonomy

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A possible geinitziid, suggested to represent a specimen of Shurabia, is known from the mid Cretaceous Burmese amber of Myanmar.