†Rithma purbeccensis Giebel 1856 (cockroach)
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Insecta - Blattodea - Mesoblattinidae
Full reference: C. G. Giebel. 1856. Die Insecten und Spinnen der Vorwelt mit steter Berücksichtigung der lebenden Insekten und Spinnen. Die Fauna der Vorwelt 2:1-511
Belongs to Rithma according to A. Handlirsch 1906
See also Giebel 1856, Heer 1864 and Scudder 1886
Sister taxa: Rithma daltoni, Rithma westwoodi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Lower Purbeck, Swanage (Brodie coll.), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Durlston Bay, Lower Purbeck, Swanage (Brodie coll.)
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