Insecta - Blattodea - Mesoblattinidae

Synonyms: Blattidium nogans Westwood 1854 [objective synonym], Blattidium nogaus Westwood 1854 [objective synonym], Mesogryllus nogans Westwood 1854 [objective synonym]

Full reference: J. O. Westwood. 1854. Contributions to fossil entomology. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 10:378-396

Belongs to Blattidium according to O. Heer 1864

See also Gorochov et al. 2006, Handlirsch 1906, Scudder 1885, Scudder 1886, Wang et al. 2018, Westwood 1854 and Zeuner 1939

Sister taxa: Blattidium fragile, Blattidium molossus

Type specimens:

• Blattidium symyrus: 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
• Blattidium nogaus: 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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