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Polyzosteria (bush cockroach)

Insecta - Blattodea - Blattidae

Taxonomy
Polyzosteria was named by Burmeister (1838). It is extant. It is the type genus of Polyzosterinae, Polyzosteriini.

It was assigned to Periplanetidae by Scudder (1886); and to Polyzosteriini by Djernæs and Murienne (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Polyzosteria Burmeister p. 482
1886Polyzosteria Scudder p. 220
2022Polyzosteria Djernæs and Murienne

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
Solumblattodea
superfamilyBlattoidea
familyBlattidae
subfamilyPolyzosteriinae()
tribePolyzosteriini
genusPolyzosteria

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Polyzosteria Burmeister 1838 [bush cockroach]
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Polyzosteria parvula Germar and Berendt 1856
Polyzosteria tricuspidata Berendt 1836
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Polyzosteria parvula, Blatta tricuspidata (109625)