Insecta - Neuroptera - Psychopsidae
Alternative combination: Blatta pluma
Full reference: C. G. Giebel. 1856. Die Insecten und Spinnen der Vorwelt mit steter Berücksichtigung der lebenden Insekten und Spinnen. Die Fauna der Vorwelt 2:1-511
Belongs to Pterinoblattina according to J. E. Jepson et al. 2012
See also Giebel 1856, Handlirsch 1906, Heer 1864, Scudder 1885, Scudder 1885, Scudder 1886 and Whalley 1988
Sister taxa: Pterinoblattina brigidae, Pterinoblattina fasciata, Pterinoblattina kobdoensis, Pterinoblattina logunovi, Pterinoblattina maculosa, Pterinoblattina minima, Pterinoblattina penna, Pterinoblattina peverilensis, Pterinoblattina proudlovei
Type specimen: NHM I 3968, a forewing (incomplete forewing). Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Middle Purbeck, Swanage (Brodie collection), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Durlston Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Durlston Bay, Middle Purbeck, Swanage (Brodie collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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