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Blaberidae (giant cockroach)

Insecta - Blattodea - Blaberidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Blaberiens Saussure p. 230
1865Blaberiens Brunner Von Wattenwyl
1940Gyna obesa Piton p. 131 fig. 11
2003Blaberidae Wappler
2008Hongoblatta Özdikmen p. 745
2017Blaberidae Evangelista et al. p. 3
2019Blaberidae Evangelista et al.
2020Blaberidae Djernæs et al.
2021Blaberidae Evangelista et al.

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

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.

Fm. Blaberidae Saussure 1864 [giant cockroach]
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G. †Blaberites Statz 1939
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Blaberites rhenana Statz 1939
Subfm. Diplopterinae Saussure 1864
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G. Diploptera Saussure 1864
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Diploptera gemini Barna 2016
Diploptera savba Šmídová 2016
Diploptera vladimir Vršanský 2016
G. †Stegoblatta Anisyutkin and Gröhn 2012
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Stegoblatta irmgardgroehni Anisyutkin and Gröhn 2012
Subfm. Epilamprinae Brunner von Wattenwyl 1865
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G. †Eolampra Pongrácz 1935
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Eolampra longicauda Pongrácz 1935
G. Epilampra Burmeister 1838
Tr. Morphnini McKittrick 1964
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G. †Fonsecablatta Mendes and Pinto 2001
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Fonsecablatta patricioi Mendes and Pinto 2001
G. Morphna Shelford 1910
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Morphna cenozoica Šmídová and Wedmann 2021
Morphna cretacica Šmídová 2021
Morphna paleo Vršanský et al. 2013
G. Eustegasta Gerstaecker 1883
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Eustegasta ruficeps Giebel 1862
Subfm. Gyninae
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G. Gyna Brunner von Wattenwyl 1865
Subfm. Pycnoscelinae McKittrick 1964
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G. Pycnoscelus Scudder 1862
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Invalid names: Leucophaea Brunner von Wattenwyl 1865 [synonym]
Subfm. Zetoborinae Saussure 1858
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G. Zetobora Burmeister 1838
Invalid names: Gyna obesa Piton 1940 [nomen dubium], Hongoblatta Özdikmen 2008 [nomen nudum], Panchlorinae [empty]
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: base of the Berriasian to the top of the Holocene or 145.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 132.9 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9Hong Kong Diploptera sp. (173070)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Japan Morphna sp. (233240)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Morphna cretacica (184414)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Russian Federation Morphna paleo (152011)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2France (Auvergne) Gyna obesa (113685)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Canada (British Columbia) Diplopterinae indet. (31677)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Diploptera gemini (181561) Diploptera savba, Diploptera vladimir (181560) Diploptera vladimir (181558 181559)
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) Morphna cenozoica (233255)
MP 1348.6 - 40.4Germany (Eifel) Blaberidae indet. (135643)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Leucophaea sp., Eolampra longicauda, Epilampra sp. (155693)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Brazil (Minas Gerais) Fonsecablatta patricioi (138890)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Stegoblatta irmgardgroehni (110735)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Blaberites rhenana (122010)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Blatta ruficeps (129861)