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Pycnoscelinae

Insecta - Blattodea - Blaberidae

Taxonomy
Pycnoscelinae was named by McKittrick (1964). It is extant.

It was assigned to Blaberidae by Evangelista et al. (2017), Evangelista et al. (2021) and Liu et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Pycnoscelinae McKittrick
2017Pycnoscelinae Evangelista et al. p. 3
2021Pycnoscelinae Evangelista et al.
2023Pycnoscelinae Liu et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
superfamilyBlaberoidea
Orkrasomeria
familyBlaberidae()
subfamilyPycnoscelinaeMcKittrick 1964
subfamilyPycnoscelinaeMcKittrick 1964

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Pycnoscelinae McKittrick 1964
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G. Pycnoscelus Scudder 1862
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Invalid names: Leucophaea Brunner von Wattenwyl 1865 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Leucophaea sp. (155693)