Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll) (Carboniferous of France)
Where: France (46.3° N, 2.8° E: paleocoordinates 2.1° S, 15.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Commentry Shales Formation, Gzhelian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)
• Stephanian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine deltaic; lithified shale
• Fossiliferous layers are of fresh water origin and are allochthonous, apparently deposited by streams in delta-like, detritic sediments along the shore of a lake. Dextral strike-slip transtension in an intermontane setting following the Variscan orogeny.
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by Henri Fayol in 1880-1890; reposited in the MNHN
• Collected by Fayol (mining engineer and later director at Compagnie de Commentry-Fourchambeau-Decazeville) collected during his early study on the stratigraphy and sediments of the Commentry coal basin. All insects are at the Institute de Paleontologie in the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
Primary reference: C. Brongniart. 1878. Note sur un nouveau genre d'Orthoptère fossile de la famille des phasmiens provenant des terrains supra-houilleres de Commentry (Allier) (Protophasma dumasii). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Sixième Série, Zoologie et Paléontologie 7(4):1-9 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 103635: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.01.2011, edited by Jered Karr
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• Insects described by Brongniart
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Arthropleura fayoli n. sp.2
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Stenoneura fayoli n. gen. n. sp.9
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Protophasma dumasi n. gen. n. sp.3
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? Aspidothorax dubius n. sp.11 Handlirsch 1919 insect A. maculatus in Brongniart, 1894 (pl 17, fig 8)
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Dasyleptus lucasi n. gen. n. sp.7 Brongniart 1885 jumping bristletails MNHN.F.R55214, R55215-17, A38842, A38844-61, A38965-79
Dasyleptus noli n. sp.18 Rasnitsyn 1999 jumping bristletails MNHN.F.R55212 (paratype of D. lucasi Brongniart 1885)
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Neurostena fayoliana n. gen. n. sp.11
Neurostena fayoliana n. gen. n. sp.11 Handlirsch 1919 insect MNHN.F.R51229; Stenoneura fayoli (pl 36, fig 4) in Brongniart 1894
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"Blanchardia pulchella n. gen. n. sp." = Triplosoba pulchella9
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Campyloptera eatoni n. gen. n. sp.9
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"Meganeura selysii n. sp." = Meganeurula selysii9, "Dictyoneura monyi n. sp." = Meganeura monyi6, "Meganeura fafnir n. sp." = Meganeura monyi10, "Meganeura brongniarti n. sp." = Meganeura monyi10, "Meganeura brongniartiana n. sp." = Meganeura monyi11, "Meganeura aeroplana n. sp." = Meganeura monyi11, "Meganeura draco n. sp." = Meganeura monyi11
"Dictyoneura monyi n. sp." = Meganeura monyi6 Brongniart 1884 griffinfly MNHN.F.R51142; Handlirsch assigned all specimens except lectotype to new species
"Meganeura fafnir n. sp." = Meganeura monyi10 Brongniart 1884 griffinfly MNHN.F.R51140; (Specimen of M. monyi in Brongniart, 1894, pl 25, fig 5)
"Meganeura brongniarti n. sp." = Meganeura monyi10 Brongniart 1884 griffinfly MNHN.F.R51125; (Specimen of M. monyi in Brongniart, 1893, pl. 25, fig. 3)
"Meganeura brongniartiana n. sp." = Meganeura monyi11 Brongniart 1884 griffinfly MNHN.F.R53003; Specimen of M. monyi in Brongniart, 1894 (fig 2) and part of M. brongniarti in Handlirsch, 1906
"Meganeura aeroplana n. sp." = Meganeura monyi11 Brongniart 1884 griffinfly MNHN.F.R53004; Specimen of M. monyi in Brongniart, 1894 (fig 4) and part of M. monyi in Handlirsch, 1906
"Meganeura draco n. sp." = Meganeura monyi11 Brongniart 1884 griffinfly MNHN.F.R53002; Specimen of M. monyi in Brongniart, 1894 (fig 5) and part of M. fafnir in Handlirsch, 1906
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"Archaeoptilus lacazei n. sp." = Archaeoptilites lucasi9 Brongniart 1894 winged insect MNHN.F.R51284
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Paramecynostoma dohrnianum n. gen. n. sp.11
Paramecynostoma dohrnianum n. gen. n. sp.11 Handlirsch 1919 winged insect Mecynostoma dohrni, pl 37, fig 9 in Brongniart, 1894
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"Spilaptera guernei n. sp." = Apopappus guernei9, "Dictyoneura goldenbergi n. sp." = Lycocercus goldenbergi7, "Lycocercus brongniarti n. sp." = Lycocercus goldenbergi10
"Dictyoneura goldenbergi n. sp." = Lycocercus goldenbergi7 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R52934, 53332
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Protagrion audouini n. gen. n. sp.9
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Dictyoptilus renaulti n. sp.9 Brongniart 1894 winged insect lectotype missing; paralectotype is MNHN.F.R51390
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Rhabdoptilus edwardsi n. gen. n. sp.9, "Graphiptilus heeri n. gen. n. sp." = Graphiptilus heeri9, "Graphiptilus williamsoni n. sp." = Graphiptilus heeri9
"Graphiptilus heeri n. gen. n. sp." = Graphiptilus heeri9 Brongniart 1894 winged insect MNHN.F.R51267
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Lithomantis woodwardi n. sp.8
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Brongniartula rastrata n. gen. n. sp.11, Mecynostomites brongniarti n. gen. n. sp.11, Titanophasma fayoli n. gen. n. sp.4
Brongniartula rastrata n. gen. n. sp.11 Handlirsch 1919 winged insect "Fragment indeterminable" in Brongniart, 1893 (pl 40, fig 13)
Mecynostomites brongniarti n. gen. n. sp.11 Handlirsch 1919 winged insect Mecynostoma dohrni, pl 37, figs 11/12 in Brongniart, 1894
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"Heeria hamyi n. sp." = Microdictya hamyi9, "Heeria vaillanti n. gen. n. sp." = Microdictya vaillanti9, "Stenodictya gaudryi n. sp." = Microdictya vaillanti9, Stenodictya arnaudi n. sp.9, Stenodictya oustaleti n. sp.9, Stenodictya minima n. sp.9, "Scudderia spinosa n. sp." = Stenodictya spinosa8, "Stenodictya fritschii n. sp." = Stenodictya fritschi9, Stenodictya perrieri n. sp.9, "Scudderia lobata n. sp." = Stenodictya lobata8
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Megaptilus blanchardi n. gen. n. sp.7
Megaptilus blanchardi n. gen. n. sp.7 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51138; Titanophasma fayoli specimen in Brongniart, 1883
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Pseudomecynostoma dubium n. gen. n. sp.11 Handlirsch 1919 winged insect Mecynostoma dohrni, pl 37, fig 10 in Brongniart, 1894
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Spilaptera libelluloides n. sp.9, Spilaptera venusta n. sp.9, Spilaptera packardi n. gen. n. sp.7, Homaloneura bucklandi n. sp.9, Homaloneura elegans n. gen. n. sp.7, Homaloneura lehmani n. sp.14, Homaloneura bonnieri n. sp.9, Homaloneura ornata n. sp.9, Homaloneura joannae n. sp.9, Homaloneura punctata n. sp.9, Lamproptilia grandeuryi n. gen. n. sp.7, "Graphiptilus ramondi n. sp." = Spiloptilus ramondi9, "Becquerelia grehanti n. sp." = Tectoptilus grehanti9, Becquerelia elegans n. sp.9, Becquerelia tincta n. sp.9, Becquerelia superba n. gen. n. sp.9, Palaeoptilus brullei n. gen. n. sp.9, Lamproptilia stirrupi n. sp.9, "Spilaptera meunieri n. sp." = Epitethe meunieri9
Homaloneura elegans n. gen. n. sp.7 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51225, MNHN.F.A38760 (other specimen mentioned?)
Homaloneura lehmani n. sp.14 Kukalová 1969 winged insect MNHN.F.R52933; Homaloneura ornata Brongniart (pl 17, fig 15)
Homaloneura ornata n. sp.9 Brongniart 1894 winged insect MNHN.F.R51066 (not specimen in pl 17, fig 15)
Homaloneura punctata n. sp.9 Brongniart 1894 winged insect MNHN.F.R51080 (and another specimen mentioned by Brongniart but not in MNHN)
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"Mecynostoma dohrni n. gen. n. sp." = Mecynostomata dohrni9
"Mecynostoma dohrni n. gen. n. sp." = Mecynostomata dohrni9 Brongniart 1894 winged insect MNHN.F.R51152
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Diaphanoptera munieri n. gen. n. sp.9, Diaphanoptera vetusta n. sp.9, "Anthracothremma scudderi n. sp." = Diaphanoptera scudderi9
"Anthracothremma scudderi n. sp." = Diaphanoptera scudderi9 Brongniart 1894 winged insect MNHN.F.R52937
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Ischnoptilus elegans n. gen. n. sp.9
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"Corydaloides scudderi n. gen. n. sp." = Corydaloides scudderi7, "Corydaloides longipennis n. sp." = Corydaloides scudderi11, "Corydaloides brongniarti n. sp." = Corydaloides scudderi11, "Corydaliodes gracilior n. sp." = Corydaloides scudderi11, "Corydaloides simplex n. sp." = Corydaloides scudderi9
"Corydaloides scudderi n. gen. n. sp." = Corydaloides scudderi7 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51157, 51160, 51251
"Corydaloides longipennis n. sp." = Corydaloides scudderi11 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51252; C. scudderi in Brongniart, 1894 (pl 16, fig 10)
"Corydaloides brongniarti n. sp." = Corydaloides scudderi11 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51257; C. scudderi in Brongniart, 1894 (pl 16, fig 7)
"Corydaliodes gracilior n. sp." = Corydaloides scudderi11 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51231; C. scudderi in Brongniart, 1894 (pl 16, fig 9)
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"Woodwardia nigra n. sp." = Mischoptera nigra7, "Mischoptera infumata n. sp." = Mischoptera nigra11, "Mischoptera concolor n. sp." = Mischoptera nigra11, "Mischoptera ocellata n. sp." = Mischoptera nigra11, "Mischoptera woodwardi n. sp." = Mischoptera nigra9, "Psilothorax longicauda n. gen. n. sp." = Psilothorax longicauda9, "Psilothorax pictus n. sp." = Psilothorax longicauda11
"Mischoptera infumata n. sp." = Mischoptera nigra11 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51327; M. woodwardi in Brongniart, 1894 (pl 13, fig 5; 14, fig 7)
"Mischoptera concolor n. sp." = Mischoptera nigra11 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51412; M. woodwardi in Brongniart, 1894 (pl 13, fig 2; pl 14, fig 5)
"Mischoptera ocellata n. sp." = Mischoptera nigra11 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51329; M. woodwardi in Brongniart, 1894 (pl 13, fig 4; pl 14, fig 6)
"Mischoptera woodwardi n. sp." = Mischoptera nigra9 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51333, 51060, 51328 in collection (3 made types of new species by Handlirsch)
"Psilothorax longicauda n. gen. n. sp." = Psilothorax longicauda9 Brongniart 1894 winged insect MNHN.F.R51279, 51053
"Psilothorax pictus n. sp." = Psilothorax longicauda11 Brongniart 1894 winged insect MNHN.F.R51275; P. longicauda in Brongniart, 1894 (pl 13, fig 12; pl 14, fig 4)
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Cyclocelis acuta n. sp.9, Sphecoptera pulchra n. sp.9, "Cyclocelis minor n. sp." = Sphecoptera minor9, Sphecoptera gracilis n. gen. n. sp.9, Cyclocelis obscura n. sp.9, "Cyclocelis chatini n. sp." = Cyclocelis chatini9, "Sphecoptera fenestrata n. sp." = Cyclocelis chatini11, "Sphecoptera brongniartiana n. sp." = Cyclocelis chatini11
"Sphecoptera fenestrata n. sp." = Cyclocelis chatini11 Brongniart 1894 winged insect MNHN.F.R51311; part of Cyclocelis chatini in Brongniart, 1894 (pl 16, fig 3)
"Sphecoptera brongniartiana n. sp." = Cyclocelis chatini11 Brongniart 1894 winged insect MNHN.F.R51307; part of Cyclocelis chatini in Brongniart, 1894 (pl 16, fig 2)
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"Aspidothorax triangularis n. gen. n. sp." = Aspidothorax triangularis9, "Aspidothorax maculatus n. sp." = Aspidothorax triangularis9, "Aspidothorax nanus n. sp." = Aspidothorax triangularis11
"Aspidothorax triangularis n. gen. n. sp." = Aspidothorax triangularis9 Brongniart 1894 winged insect MNHN.F.R51163
"Aspidothorax maculatus n. sp." = Aspidothorax triangularis9 Brongniart 1894 winged insect MNHN.F.R51271
"Aspidothorax nanus n. sp." = Aspidothorax triangularis11 Brongniart 1894 winged insect MNHN.F.R52935; A. triangularis in Brongniart, 1894 (pl 17, fig 4)
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Rhipidioptera elegans n. gen. n. sp.9, "Fulgorina goldenbergi n. sp." = Blattinopsis goldenbergi7, "Fulgorina ovalis n. sp." = Blattinopsis ovalis9, Blattinopsis major n. sp.13
"Fulgorina goldenbergi n. sp." = Blattinopsis goldenbergi7 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51516, 51567, 51513, 51514
Blattinopsis major n. sp.13 Handlirsch 1937 winged insect Fulgorina (=Blattinopsis) ovalis specimen in Brongniart's fig. 3
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Protokollaria ingens n. gen. n. sp.7, Sthenarocera bureaui n. sp.9, Sthenarocera pachytyloides n. gen. n. sp.7
Sthenarocera pachytyloides n. gen. n. sp.7 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN-DHT-R51104, MNHN-LP-R51107
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Caloneura dawsonii n. gen. n. sp.7, "Caloneura picta n. sp." = Caloneura dawsoni11, "Caloneura longicornis n. sp." = Caloneura dawsoni11, "Caloneura robusta n. sp." = Caloneura dawsoni11, "Caloneura major n. sp." = Caloneura dawsoni11
"Caloneura picta n. sp." = Caloneura dawsoni11 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51174 (one of Caloneura dawsoni in Brongniart,1894, pl 36, fig 7)
"Caloneura longicornis n. sp." = Caloneura dawsoni11 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51168 (one of Caloneura dawsoni in Brongniart, 1894, pl 36, fig 9)
"Caloneura robusta n. sp." = Caloneura dawsoni11 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51356 (one of Caloneura dawsoni in Brongniart,1894, pl 36, fig 10)
"Caloneura major n. sp." = Caloneura dawsoni11 Brongniart 1885 winged insect part of Caloneura dawsoni in Brongniart, 1894, pl 36, figs 8,11
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"Sthenaropoda fischeri n. gen. n. sp." = Gerarus fischeri7, "Archaeacridites bruesi" = Gerarus fischeri15, "Sthenaropoda lerichei" = Gerarus fischeri15
"Sthenaropoda fischeri n. gen. n. sp." = Gerarus fischeri7 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51128, 51269, 51227; 2 other specimens re-identified by Lameere, 1917)
"Archaeacridites bruesi" = Gerarus fischeri15 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51354; Sthenaropoda fischeri in Brongniart, 1894 (pl 36, fig 4)
"Sthenaropoda lerichei" = Gerarus fischeri15 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51146; Sthenaropoda fischeri in Brongniart, 1894 (Pl 35, fig 6)
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"Leptoneura oustaleti n. sp." = Ischnoneura oustaleti7, Ischnoneura delicatula n. sp.9, Ischnoneura brongniarti n. sp.15
Ischnoneura brongniarti n. sp.15 Lameere 1917 winged insect Stenoneura robusta in Brongniart, 1894 (pl 32, fig 8)
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"Protophasma gaudryi n. sp." = Protodiamphipnoa gaudryi7, "Protodiamphipnoa tertrini n. gen. n. sp." = Protodiamphipnoa gaudryi9, "Protophasma woodwardii n. sp." = Cnemidolestes woodwardi5
"Protodiamphipnoa tertrini n. gen. n. sp." = Protodiamphipnoa gaudryi9 Brongniart 1885 winged insect MNHN.F.R51205, 51416, 51045
"Protophasma woodwardii n. sp." = Cnemidolestes woodwardi5 Brongniart 1883 winged insect MNHN.F.R51272, R51334
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"Ischnoneura elongata n. sp." = Ctenoptilus elongatus9
"Ischnoneura elongata n. sp." = Ctenoptilus elongatus9 Brongniart 1894 winged insect MNHN.F.R51216, 51071 (I. oustaleti in Brongniart, 1893, pl 36, figs 1,2), 11197 in Bethoux & Nel, 2005
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"Stenoneura robusta n. sp." = Eoblatta robusta9
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"Grylloblattida indet." = Grylloblattodea1
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Protoperla westwoodi n. gen. n. sp.9
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"Stenoneura maximi n. sp." = Stenoneurites maximi9
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"Fabrecia pygmaea n. sp." = Palaeocixius antiquus16, "Fabrecia minuta n. sp." = Palaeocixius antiquus16
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"Gerarus commentryi" = Gerarites commentryi9, "Oedischia maximae n. sp." = Commentrya maximae9, Gerarianus commentryanus n. gen. n. sp.11
Gerarianus commentryanus n. gen. n. sp.11 Handlirsch 1919 winged insect Specimen of Gerarus commentryi in fig. 11 of Brongniart, 1894
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"Homalophlebia courtini n. sp." = Parahomalophlebia courtini9 Brongniart 1894 winged insect MNHN.F.R51149
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Miaroblatta elata n. gen. n. sp.10, Syncoptoblatta thoracica n. gen. n. sp.10, Asemoblatta brongniartiana n. sp.10
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Amorphoblatta brongniarti n. gen. n. sp.10, "Dictyomylacris insignis n. sp." = Dictyomylacris insignis9, "Dictyomylacris poiraulti n. sp." = Dictyomylacris insignis9, "Mesitoblatta brongniarti n. gen. n. sp." = Dictyomylacris insignis10
Amorphoblatta brongniarti n. gen. n. sp.10 Handlirsch 1906 cockroach MNHN.F.R51148; Anthracoblattina gigantea in Brongniart, 1893 Pl 47 fig 2
"Dictyomylacris poiraulti n. sp." = Dictyomylacris insignis9 Brongniart 1894 cockroach MNHN.F.R51549
"Mesitoblatta brongniarti n. gen. n. sp." = Dictyomylacris insignis10 Brongniart 1894 cockroach MNHN.F.R51547
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"Blattoidea indet." = Blattodea10
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Phyloblatta reniformis n. sp.10, Phyloblatta anonyma n. sp.12, "Phyloblatta stephanensis n. sp." = Phyloblatta gaudryi10, "Etoblattina brongniarti n. sp." = Phyloblatta gaudryi17, "Phyloblatta agnusi n. sp." = Phyloblatta gaudryi10, "Phyloblatta brongniarti n. sp." = Phyloblatta gaudryi10, "Phyloblatta gallica n. sp." = Phyloblatta gaudryi10, Anthracoblattina gigantea n. sp.9, Anthracoblattina ensifer n. sp.9
"Phyloblatta stephanensis n. sp." = Phyloblatta gaudryi10 Agnus 1903 winged insect Etoblattina sp. in Brongniart in 1893
"Etoblattina brongniarti n. sp." = Phyloblatta gaudryi17 Agnus 1903 winged insect MNHN.F.R51144 (Etoblattina sp. in pl 31, fig 4 of Brongniart, 1894)
"Phyloblatta agnusi n. sp." = Phyloblatta gaudryi10 Agnus 1903 winged insect Etoblattina sp. in Brongniart in 1893
"Phyloblatta brongniarti n. sp." = Phyloblatta gaudryi10 Agnus 1903 winged insect Etoblattina sp. in Brongniart in 1893
"Phyloblatta gallica n. sp." = Phyloblatta gaudryi10 Agnus 1903 winged insect Etoblattina sp. in Brongniart in 1893
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1Béthoux et al. 2005; 2Boule 1893; 3Brongniart 1878; 4Brongniart 1882; 5Brongniart 1883; 6Brongniart 1884; 7Brongniart 1885; 8Brongniart 1890; 9Brongniart 1894; 10Handlirsch 1906; 11Handlirsch 1919; 12Handlirsch 1920; 13Handlirsch 1937; 14Kukalová 1969; 15Lameere 1917; 16Meunier 1911; 17Meunier 1921; 18Rasnitsyn 1999