Insecta - Paoliida - Blattinopsidae
Alternative combination: Oryctoblattina laqueata
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1895. Revision of the American fossil cockroaches with descriptions of new forms. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 124:1-176
Belongs to Blattinopsis according to T. Hörnschemeyer and H. Stapf 2001
See also Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1906 and Handlirsch 1922
Sister taxa: Blattinopsis (Blattinopsis), Blattinopsis americana, Blattinopsis anthracina, Blattinopsis antoniana, Blattinopsis arnhardti, Blattinopsis augustai, Blattinopsis campestris, Blattinopsis confusa, Blattinopsis ebersi, Blattinopsis fimbriata, Blattinopsis goldenbergi, Blattinopsis huysseni, Blattinopsis indefinitus, Blattinopsis kukalovae, Blattinopsis latipennis, Blattinopsis latissima, Blattinopsis major, Blattinopsis martynovae, Blattinopsis ornata, Blattinopsis ovalis, Blattinopsis postuma, Blattinopsis postumus, Blattinopsis reticulata, Blattinopsis seberi, Blattinopsis tardefurcata, Blattinopsis taschenbergi
Type specimen: Coll Lacoe 2136a, a tegmen (almost complete tegmen). Its type locality is Kansas City, which is in a Stephanian terrestrial shale in the Chanute Formation of Missouri.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Kansas City
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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