Insecta - Blattaria - Raphidiomimidae
Synonyms: Mesoblattopsis Handlirsch 1906, Ptyctoblattina Bode 1953, Trirhabdoblattina Bode 1953
Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640
Parent taxon: Raphidiomimidae according to P. Vršanský 2024
See also Bode 1953, Geyer and Kleber 1987, Handlirsch 1906, Liang et al. 2018, Vishnyakova 1983, Vršanský 2003 and Vršanský and Ansorge 2007
Sister taxa: Cameloblatta, Chuanblatta, Cretacechorista, Cultriblatta, Decomposita, Divocina, Elongatoblatta, Falcatusiblatta, Fortiblatta, Graciliblatta, Olzmasg, Paekthoblatta, Raphidiomima, Raphidiomimula, Tayphoonoblatta
Subtaxa: Liadoblattina blakei Liadoblattina crassivenata Liadoblattina euryptera Liadoblattina mongolica Mesoblattopsis franconica Mesoblattopsis pruvosti Ptyctoblattina dilatata Ptyctoblattina simplicior
Ecology: fast-moving volant insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mongolia (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Germany (8), Kazakhstan (3), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Triassic of Germany (1), Türkiye (1)
Total: 17 collections including 20 occurrences
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