Insecta - Blattaria - Blattulidae

Alternative combination: Araripeblatta brevis

Synonyms: Araripeblatta beckeri Mendes 2000, Araripeblatta cesae Martins-Neto et al. 2010, Blattulopsis beckeri Mendes 2000, Elisama americana Vršanský 2002

Full reference: M. Mendes. 2000. Novas baratas (Insecta, Blattodea) da Formação Santana, Cretáceo Inferior do nordeste do Brasil. Revista da Universidade de Guarulhos, Série Geociências 5(6):25-35

Belongs to Elisama according to H. Sendi 2025

See also Bechly 2007, Lee 2016, Martins-Neto et al. 2010, Mendes 2000, Vršanský 2002 and Vršanský 2004

Sister taxa: Elisama algeriaensis, Elisama arcta, Elisama baeki, Elisama bolzoni, Elisama cuboides, Elisama dignata, Elisama dornellesi, Elisama elongata, Elisama extenuata, Elisama fragmentaria, Elisama globosa, Elisama grandis, Elisama gwanghyeoni, Elisama hindwingnii, Elisama incerta, Elisama kacerovae, Elisama kneri, Elisama minor, Elisama oliveirai, Elisama parallela, Elisama prelistama, Elisama pterostigmata, Elisama scudderi, Elisama simplex, Elisama simplex, Elisama toledoi, Elisama tsaganica, Araripeblatta simplex

Type specimens:

• Elisama brevis: UnG/1T-20, an exoskeleton (female complete body). Its type locality is Crato, Pedra Branca quarry (UnG collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
• Araripeblatta beckeri: UnG/1T-025, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato, Pedra Branca quarry (UnG collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
• Araripeblatta cesae: CES-JF-I-001, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato (CES-JF collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
• Elisama americana: AMNH XX, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato (AMNH collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

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