Atimoblatta curvipennis Handlirsch 1906 (cockroach)

Insecta - Blattodea - Necymylacridae

Synonym: Atimoblatta reniformis Handlirsch 1906 [objective synonym]

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Revision of American Paleozoic insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29(1441):661-820

Belongs to Atimoblatta according to C. J. Durden 1984

See also Durden 1969, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1920 and Handlirsch 1922

Sister taxa: Necymylacris bohemica, Necymylacris fascigera, Necymylacris handlirschi, Necymylacris hastata, Necymylacris heros, Necymylacris lacoana, Necymylacris lerichei, Necymylacris meunieri, Necymylacris reisbachensis, Necymylacris scudderi, Necymylacris steinbachensis, Necymylacris sulcata, Apotypoma longa, Apotypoma platyptera, Apotypoma arndti, Prantlites bohemicus, Friciella aurea, Dinoblatta scudderi, Cobaloblatta simulans, Atimoblatta reducta

Type specimens:

  • Atimoblatta curvipennis: USNM 35380, a tegmen. Its type locality is Scranton, which is in a Westphalian D terrestrial shale/anthracite in the Llewellyn Formation of Pennsylvania.
  • Atimoblatta reniformis: USNM 35383, a tegmen. Its type locality is Scranton, which is in a Westphalian D terrestrial shale/anthracite in the Llewellyn Formation of Pennsylvania.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Scranton

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