Spiloblattina pygmaea Meunier 1904

Insecta - Dicondylia - Spiloblattinidae

Alternative combinations: Etoblattina pygmaea, Sysciophlebia pygmaea

Synonym: Sysciophlebia lawrenceana Handlirsch 1906

Full reference: F. Meunier. 1904. Eine neue Blattinaria aus der Oberen Steinkohlenformation (Ottweiler Schichten, Rheinpreussen). Jahrbuch der Königlich Preussischen Geologischen Landesanstalt und Bergakademie zu Berlin 24:454-457

Belongs to Spiloblattina according to D. Hmich et al. 2005

See also Guthörl 1934, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1920, Handlirsch 1922, Meunier 1904, Schneider 1977, Schneider 1978, Schneider 1982 and Schneider 1983

Sister taxa: Spiloblattina allegheniensis, Spiloblattina homigtalensis, Spiloblattina lawrenceana, Spiloblattina odernheimensis, Spiloblattina sperbersbachensis, Spiloblattina steinbachi, Spiloblattina variegata, Spiloblattina weissigensis

Type specimens:

  • Spiloblattina pygmaea: Coll Berliner geologischen Landesanstalt Pl XXV fig 34, a tegmen. Its type locality is Ensdorf mine, near Grieseborn, which is in a Stephanian terrestrial horizon in Germany.
  • Sysciophlebia lawrenceana: Its type locality is Haverkampf farm , which is in a Kasimovian estuary/bay shale in the Lawrence Shale Formation of Kansas.

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Germany (1 collection), Morocco (3)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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