Anthracoblattina spectabilis Goldenberg 1869 (winged insect)

Insecta - Dicondylia - Phyloblattidae

Alternative combinations: Blattina (Anthracoblattina) spectabilis, Blattina spectabilis

Synonym: Auxanoblatta saxonica Handlirsch 1906 [objective synonym]

Full reference: C. F. Goldenberg. 1869. Zur Kenntniss der fossilen Insecten in der Steinkohlen-Formation. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaeontologie 1869:158-168

Belongs to Anthracoblattina according to J. Schneider 1983

See also Geinitz 1880, Goldenberg 1869, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1920, Handlirsch 1922, Schneider 1978, Scudder 1879 and von Schlechtendal 1913

Sister taxa: Anthracoblattina aequa, Anthracoblattina archangelskyi, Anthracoblattina arnhardti, Anthracoblattina deichmuelleriana, Anthracoblattina didyma, Anthracoblattina dresdensis, Anthracoblattina ensifer, Anthracoblattina gigantea, Anthracoblattina lebachensis, Anthracoblattina mendesi, Anthracoblattina oliveirai, Anthracoblattina persistens, Anthracoblattina porrecta, Anthracoblattina poryvaikaensis, Anthracoblattina poryvaikensis, Anthracoblattina rueckerti, Anthracoblattina striata, Elaphroblatta intermedia, Phauloblatta clathrata

Type specimens:

  • Anthracoblattina spectabilis: Its type locality is Löbejün, which is in a Stephanian C terrestrial shale in the Ottweiler Stufe Formation of Germany
  • Auxanoblatta saxonica: Its type locality is Löbejün, which is in a Stephanian C terrestrial shale in the Ottweiler Stufe Formation of Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Löbejün

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