Blatta Linnaeus 1758 (cockroach)

Insecta - Blattodea - Blattidae

Synonym: Blattina Germar 1813

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Blattinae according to M. Djernæs and J. Murienne 2022

See also Fabricius 1775, Förster 1891, Geoffroy 1762, Giebel 1856, Latreille 1796, Latreille 1802, Linnaeus 1758, Linnaeus 1761, Linnaeus 1767, Müller 1764, Müller 1776, Schaeffer 1766, Scopoli 1763 and Šmídová 2020

Sister taxa: Bubosa, Eoplaneta, Periplaneta, Prostylopyga, Zeunera

Subtaxa: Blatta berendti Blatta colorata Blatta gedanensis Blatta pauperata Blatta persipicillata Blatta succinea Blatta sundgaviensis Blattina succinea

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Tanzania (1 collection)

• Miocene of Germany (1)

• Oligocene of France (2), Germany (1)

• Eocene of Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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