Insecta - Dicondylia - Triassoblattidae
Alternative combination: Rhipidoblattopsis natalensis
Full reference: F. E. Zeuner. 1960. A Triassic insect fauna from the Molteno beds of South Africa. XI Internationaler Kongress für Entomologie, Verhandlungen 1:304-306
Belongs to Triassoblatta according to E. F. Riek 1974
See also Zeuner 1960
Sister taxa: Triassoblatta argentina, Triassoblatta bella, Triassoblatta cargnini, Triassoblatta damiaoliangensis, Triassoblatta dehiscens, Triassoblatta denmeadi, Triassoblatta fusiformis, Triassoblatta grandis, Triassoblatta hyptis, Triassoblatta insignita, Triassoblatta intermedia, Triassoblatta intramedia, Triassoblatta jonesi, Triassoblatta obtusa, Triassoblatta okafujii, Triassoblatta opistodictyna, Triassoblatta ovata, Triassoblatta phyllopteris, Triassoblatta reducta, Triassoblatta robusta, Triassoblatta rotundipenna, Triassoblatta simplex, Triassoblatta tasmanica, Triassoblatta tegmina, Triassoblatta tenuicubiti, Triassoblatta triquestra, Triassoblatta tudupinensis, Triassoblatta typica, Triassoblatta uralica
Type specimen: BMNH In 59529, a tegmen. Its type locality is Burnera Water Fall, upper Umkomaas, which is in a Carnian wet floodplain siliciclastic in the Molteno Formation of South Africa.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of South Africa (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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