Insecta - Blattodea - Gyroblattidae
Alternative combination: Phoberoblatta reticulata
Synonym: Aphthoroblattina handlirschi Carpenter 1934
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1918. New species of North American fossil beetles, cockroaches, and tsetse flies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 54:301-311
Belongs to Phylomylacris according to C. J. Durden 1984
See also Carpenter 1934, Cockerell 1918, Durden 1969, Handlirsch 1922 and Schneider 1983
Sister taxa: Phylomylacris brevis, Phylomylacris chailleti, Phylomylacris chavyi, Phylomylacris cor, Phylomylacris fougerollesi, Phylomylacris godoni, Phylomylacris lafittei, Phylomylacris lensiana, Phylomylacris lievina, Phylomylacris mantidioides, Phylomylacris nervosa, Phylomylacris parallelus, Phylomylacris pintrandi, Phylomylacris pruvostiana, Pruvostia villeti
Type specimens:
- Phylomylacris reticulata: USNM 64343, a tegmen. Its type locality is Humphreys clay pit, Port Barnett, which is in a Westphalian D terrestrial siliciclastic in the Pottsville Formation of Pennsylvania.
- Aphthoroblattina handlirschi: MCZ 3345, a tegmen. Its type locality is Brookville, which is in a Westphalian B terrestrial siliciclastic in Pennsylvania.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Pennsylvania collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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