Phyloblatta occidentalis Scudder 1890

Insecta - Dicondylia - Phyloblattidae

Alternative combination: Etoblattina occidentalis

Synonyms: Etoblattina aemuli Meunier 1921, Etoblattina flebilis Meunier 1921, Etoblattina fluminis Meunier 1921, Etoblattina fulva Sellards 1908, Etoblattina obscura Sellards 1908, Etoblattina parva Meunier 1921, Etoblattina queribunda Meunier 1921, Etoblattina subtilis Meunier 1921, Etoblattina vulpis Meunier 1921, Phyloblatta fulvana Handlirsch 1920, Phyloblatta fulvella Handlirsch 1920, Phyloblatta lugubris Handlirsch 1920, Phyloblatta magna Handlirsch 1920, Phyloblatta parva Meunier 1921

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1890. New types of cockroaches from the Carboniferous deposits of the United States. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 4(9):401-415

Belongs to Phyloblatta according to J. W. Schneider et al. 2021

See also Belahmira et al. 2019, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1920, Handlirsch 1922, Meunier 1921, Schneider 1983, Schneider 1983, Scudder 1890, Scudder 1895 and Sellards 1908

Sister taxa: Phylloblatta brongniarti, Phylloblatta indecisa, Phylloblatta latiuscula, Phylloblatta tartarica, Phyloblatta (Carbonoblatta), Phyloblatta (Phyloblatta), Phyloblatta abbreviata, Phyloblatta abdicata, Phyloblatta accubita, Phyloblatta aliena, Phyloblatta alutacea, Phyloblatta alykaevensis, Phyloblatta amabilis, Phyloblatta angusta, Phyloblatta angustata, Phyloblatta anonyma, Phyloblatta arcuata, Phyloblatta arealata, Phyloblatta bertrandi, Phyloblatta biramosa, Phyloblatta brevicubitalis, Phyloblatta brongniartula, Phyloblatta callosa, Phyloblatta carbonica, Phyloblatta cassvilleana, Phyloblatta chunyensis, Phyloblatta communis, Phyloblatta compacta, Phyloblatta compactiformis, Phyloblatta concinna, Phyloblatta curtula, Phyloblatta curvata, Phyloblatta curvinervosa, Phyloblatta curviramosa, Phyloblatta debilis, Phyloblatta deducta, Phyloblatta deichmuelleriana, Phyloblatta deserta, Phyloblatta dichotoma, Phyloblatta didierana, Phyloblatta difficilis, Phyloblatta dimidiata, Phyloblatta disiuncta, Phyloblatta distincta, Phyloblatta diversipennis, Phyloblatta dubia, Phyloblatta dyadica, Phyloblatta elatior, Phyloblatta expugnata, Phyloblatta expulsata, Phyloblatta exsecuta, Phyloblatta fera, Phyloblatta flabellata, Phyloblatta fracta, Phyloblatta fritschiana, Phyloblatta fritschii, Phyloblatta fulva, Phyloblatta funeraria, Phyloblatta furcatella, Phyloblatta fusca, Phyloblatta gaudryi, Phyloblatta geinitzi, Phyloblatta germana, Phyloblatta gigantea, Phyloblatta gimmi, Phyloblatta gorhami, Phyloblatta gratiosa, Phyloblatta grimaldii, Phyloblatta grosjeani, Phyloblatta henneni, Phyloblatta hilliana, Phyloblatta immolata, Phyloblatta imperfecta, Phyloblatta incerta, Phyloblatta indistincta, Phyloblatta irregularis, Phyloblatta jeffersoniana, Phyloblatta kansasia, Phyloblatta khalfini, Phyloblatta kovacsae, Phyloblatta kuznetskiensis, Phyloblatta langei, Phyloblatta lata, Phyloblatta lata, Phyloblatta lawrenceana, Phyloblatta levis, Phyloblatta lineata, Phyloblatta macerata, Phyloblatta macilenta, Phyloblatta macroptera, Phyloblatta mactata, Phyloblatta majuscula, Phyloblatta mala, Phyloblatta manca, Phyloblatta manebachensis, Phyloblatta martiusana, Phyloblatta mazona, Phyloblatta meieri, Phyloblatta moravica, Phyloblatta mortua, Phyloblatta multinervosa, Phyloblatta munda, Phyloblatta obatra, Phyloblatta obliqua, Phyloblatta obscura, Phyloblatta obscurella, Phyloblatta obsoleta, Phyloblatta oliveirai, Phyloblatta parviradia, Phyloblatta paulitransversinervis, Phyloblatta pauloi, Phyloblatta perangusta, Phyloblatta picturata, Phyloblatta portuensis, Phyloblatta praecompacta, Phyloblatta praecurvata, Phyloblatta praedulcis, Phyloblatta prior, Phyloblatta propinqua, Phyloblatta rebaptizata, Phyloblatta regularis, Phyloblatta reniformis, Phyloblatta residua, Phyloblatta resitensis, Phyloblatta rogi, Phyloblatta rosasi, Phyloblatta roxoi, Phyloblatta savagei, Phyloblatta schusteri, Phyloblatta scudderiana, Phyloblatta secreta, Phyloblatta secunda, Phyloblatta semiplena, Phyloblatta separanda, Phyloblatta sibirica, Phyloblatta sinica, Phyloblatta solida, Phyloblatta sommeri, Phyloblatta splendens, Phyloblatta stelzneri, Phyloblatta stirrupi, Phyloblatta thieryi, Phyloblatta transversalis, Phyloblatta triangularis, Phyloblatta undata, Phyloblatta uniformis, Phyloblatta uralensis, Phyloblatta virginiana, Phyloblatta vrsanskyi, Phyloblatta vulgata, Phyloblatta wellingtoniana, Phyloblatta wettinensis, Phyloblatta xiangingensis

Type specimens:

  • Phyloblatta occidentalis: USNM 38071, a tegmen. Its type locality is Old fair ground, Lawrence, which is in a Kasimovian estuary/bay shale in the Lawrence Shale Formation of Kansas.
  • Etoblattina aemuli: MNHN F-R.51545, a tegmen. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
  • Etoblattina flebilis: Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
  • Etoblattina fluminis: Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
  • Etoblattina fulva: KU 130, a tegmen. Its type locality is Haverkampf farm , which is in a Kasimovian estuary/bay shale in the Lawrence Shale Formation of Kansas.
  • Etoblattina obscura: KU 119, a tegmen. Its type locality is Haverkampf farm , which is in a Kasimovian estuary/bay shale in the Lawrence Shale Formation of Kansas.
  • Etoblattina parva: Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
  • Etoblattina queribunda: Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
  • Etoblattina subtilis: MNHN F-R.51558, a tegmen. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
  • Etoblattina vulpis: Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
  • Phyloblatta fulvana: Its type locality is Haverkampf farm , which is in a Kasimovian estuary/bay shale in the Lawrence Shale Formation of Kansas.
  • Phyloblatta fulvella: Its type locality is Haverkampf farm , which is in a Kasimovian estuary/bay shale in the Lawrence Shale Formation of Kansas.
  • Phyloblatta lugubris: Its type locality is Haverkampf farm (Sellards 1903 coll), which is in a Kasimovian estuary/bay shale in the Lawrence Shale Formation of Kansas.
  • Phyloblatta magna: Its type locality is Haverkampf farm , which is in a Kasimovian estuary/bay shale in the Lawrence Shale Formation of Kansas.

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of France (1 collection), Morocco (7), United States (5: Kansas)

Total: 13 collections including 23 occurrences

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