Insecta - Blattodea - Mesoblattinidae

Alternative combination: Rithma murchisoni

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 Mesoblattina according to A. Handlirsch 1906

See also Heer 1864

Sister taxa: Mesoblattina anceps, Mesoblattina angustata, Mesoblattina colominasi, Mesoblattina cretacea, Mesoblattina damianii, Mesoblattina deichmulleri, Mesoblattina eatoni, Mesoblattina elongatum, Mesoblattina etarakan, Mesoblattina exigua, Mesoblattina fiuzai, Mesoblattina higginsii, Mesoblattina khetanensis, Mesoblattina kirkbyi, Mesoblattina kollari, Mesoblattina libanensis, Mesoblattina maclachlani, Mesoblattina martinsnetoi, Mesoblattina minima, Mesoblattina mongolica, Mesoblattina multivenosa, Mesoblattina paucivenose, Mesoblattina protypa, Mesoblattina ramificata, Mesoblattina recta, Mesoblattina simplicis, Mesoblattina sinica, Mesoblattina stricklandi, Mesoblattina swintoni, Mesoblattina symyrus, Mesoblattina wanbeiensis, Mesoblattina westwoodi, Mesoblattina wuweiensis, Mesoblattina xiangnanensis

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Durlston Bay, Lower Purbeck, Swanage (Brodie coll.) (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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