Insecta - Blattodea - Mesoblattinidae
Full reference: P. Vršanský. 2003. Unique assemblage of Dictyoptera (Insecta - Blattaria, Mantodea, Isoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of Bon Tsagaan Nuur in Mongolia. Entomological Problems 33:119-151
Parent taxon: Mesoblattinidae according to M. Majtaník 2023
See also Kováčová et al. 2023, Oyama et al. 2022, Vršanský 2003, Vršanský 2020 and Vršanský and Ansorge 2007
Sister taxa: Actinoblattula, Aporoblattina, Aporoblattina butleri, Archimesoblatta, Artitocoblatta, Austroblattula, Basiblattina, Beviblattina, Blattidium, Blattidium medium, Breviblattina, Cuniculoblatta, Durdlestoneia, Fusoblatta, Gondwablatta, Grandocularis, Hispanoblatta, Hongaya, Jingyuanoblatta, Karatavoblatta, Kulmbachiellon, Laiyangia, Lithoblatta, Malmoblattina, Meloblatta, Mesoblatta, Mesoblattellina, Mesoblattina, Mesoblattininae, Mesoblattinopsinae, Mieroblattina, Mongolblatta, Nipponoblatta, Nogueroblatta, Nymphoblatta, Otazka, Pareinoblatta, Perlucipecta, Pulchellablatta, Rhaetoblattina, Rithma, Schambeloblattina, Sivis, Spinaeblattina, Stantoniella, Stenotegmina, Summatiblatta, Turoniblatta, Voltziablatta
Subtaxa: Praeblattella arcuata Praeblattella dichotoma Praeblattella elegans Praeblattella inexpecta Praeblattella jurassica Praeblattella krzeminski Praeblattella ponomarenkoi Praeblattella solus Praeblattella zrnko
Type: Praeblattella ponomarenkoi
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Japan (2 collections), Mongolia (12), the Russian Federation (1), Thailand (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Kazakhstan (1)
• Jurassic of Mongolia (1)
Total: 18 collections including 22 occurrences
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