Genus

† Bimodala Smidova, 2019

Type

type species by original monotypy of † Bimodala Smidova, 2019

† Bimodala Smidova, 2019 in Vršanský, Smidova, Sendi, Barna, Müller, Ellenberger, Wu, Ren, Lei, Azar, Surka, Su, Deng, Shen, Lv, Bao & Bechly, 2019: 79. (fossil)
type species by original monotypy † Bimodala ohmkuhnlei Smidova, 2019
† Bimodala Smidova, 2019 (classified as Corydiidae Saussure, 1864) in Qiu, Liu, Wang & Che, 2020: 1. Classification

† Bimodala Smidova, 2019 (classified as Corydioidea Saussure, 1864) in Smidova, 2021: 68. Classification

Qiu, L., Liu, Y., Wang, Z.-Q. & Che, Y.-L. (2020) The first blattid cockroach (Dictyoptera: Blattodea) in Cretaceous amber and the reconsideration of purported Blattidae. Cretaceous Research, 109(104359), 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104359
Smidova, L. (2021) New genus and species of the families Olidae and Corydiidae (Corydioidea, Blattodea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Palaeontographica, Abteilung A Palaeozoologie-Stratigraphie, 321(1-6), 61–70.

Vršanský, P., Smidova, L., Sendi, H., Barna, P., Müller, P., Ellenberger, S., Wu, H., Ren, X., Lei, X.J., Azar, D., Surka, J., Su, T., Deng, W., Shen, X., Lv, J., Bao, T. & Bechly, G. (2019) Parasitic cockroaches indicate complex states of earliest proved ants. Biologia, 74(1), 65–89. [2018] https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-018-0146-y

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Stochastical combination of letter partially alluding to bis and modus (Latin for two states referring to two different types of sense organs).