Triassoblatta simplex Riek 1976 (winged insect)

Insecta - Dicondylia - Triassoblattidae

Full reference: E. F. Riek. 1976. A new collection of insects from the Upper Triassic of South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 22(3):791-820

Belongs to Triassoblatta according to E. F. Riek 1976

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 natalensis, Triassoblatta obtusa, Triassoblatta okafujii, Triassoblatta opistodictyna, Triassoblatta ovata, Triassoblatta phyllopteris, Triassoblatta reducta, Triassoblatta robusta, Triassoblatta rotundipenna, Triassoblatta tasmanica, Triassoblatta tegmina, Triassoblatta tenuicubiti, Triassoblatta triquestra, Triassoblatta tudupinensis, Triassoblatta typica, Triassoblatta uralica

Type specimen: C-Dt II 770ab, a tegmen (missing small parts around margin). Its type locality is Bird's River (C-Dt II), which is in a Carnian lacustrine - small shale in the Molteno Formation of South Africa.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Bird's River (C-Dt II)

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