Insecta - Blattodea - Mesoblattinidae

Alternative combination: Blattidium simyrus

Synonym: Rithma morrisi Giebel 1856

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

Belongs to Mesoblattina according to A. Handlirsch 1906

See also Giebel 1856 and Heer 1864

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

Type specimens:

• Mesoblattina 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
• Rithma morrisi: 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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