Poroblattina attenuata Scudder 1885 (cockroach)

Insecta - Blattodea - Poroblattinidae

Synonym: Acmaeoblatta lanceolata Handlirsch 1906

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1885. Notes on Mesozoic Cockroaches. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 37:105-115

Belongs to Poroblattina according to J. Schneider 1983

See also Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1920 and Schneider 1978

Sister taxa: Poroblattina anadiensis, Poroblattina arcuata, Poroblattina brachyptera, Poroblattina carbonaria, Poroblattina duffieuxi, Poroblattina germari, Poroblattina inversa, Poroblattina lakesii, Poroblattina lata, Poroblattina minima, Poroblattina ohioensis, Poroblattina parvula, Poroblattina richmondiana, Poroblattina rotundata, Scutinoblattina brongniarti, Scutinoblattina intermedia, Scutinoblattina recta, Nearoblatta rotundata, Premnoblatta duffieuxi, Epheboblatta attenuata

Type specimens:

  • Poroblattina attenuata: Its type locality is Fairplay, which is in an Asselian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Maroon Formation of Colorado
  • Acmaeoblatta lanceolata: USNM 38678, a tegmen. Its type locality is Willis Creek near Steubenville, which is in a Stephanian terrestrial shale in the Conemaugh Formation of Ohio.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Willis Creek near Steubenville

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