Insecta - Blattodea - Compsoblattidae

Synonyms: Etoblattina bouvieri Meunier 1921, Etoblattina lacroixi Meunier 1921, Phyloblatta spathulata Bolton 1925

Full reference: F. Meunier. 1921. Nouvelles recherches sur les insectes du terrain houiller de Commentry (Allier) (Troisème partie) Orthoptères Blattidae. Annales de Paléontologie 10:59-168

Belongs to Compsoblatta according to C. Brauckmann 1993

See also Bolton 1925, Meunier 1921 and Schneider 1983

Sister taxa: Compsoblatta anaglyptica, Compsoblatta anthracophila, Compsoblatta couloni, Compsoblatta frankei, Compsoblatta mangoldti, Compsoblatta nobilis, Compsoblatta plana

Type specimens:

• Compsoblatta ovata: Its type locality is Cassville, which is in an Asselian terrestrial shale in the Cassville Shales Formation of West Virginia
• Etoblattina bouvieri: MNHN F-R.51548, 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 lacroixi: Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
• Phyloblatta spathulata: BMNH I.7295, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Commentry (BMNH coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic mudstone in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.

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