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Poroblattinidae

Insecta - Blattodea - Poroblattinidae

Taxonomy

Poroblattinidae was named by Handlirsch (1906).

It was assigned to Blattoidea by Handlirsch (1906), Pruvost (1919); to Mylacroidea by Durden (1969); and to Blattodea by Riek (1974), Riek (1976), Schneider (1983).

Subtaxa

Amekeoblatta, Diechoblattina, Dipluroblattina, Drepanoblattina, Exochoblatta, Ishanablattina, Kebaona, Kokandoblattina, Ophismoblatta, Poroblattina (syn. Premnoblatta, Acmaeoblatta, Systoloblatta, Dichronoblatta, Autoblattina, Nepioblatta, Scutinoblattina, Brephoblatta, Nearoblatta, Epheboblatta)

Synonyms

Diechoblattinidae was named by Handlirsch (1906).

It was synonymized subjectively with Poroblattinidae by Duplicate (1950).

It was assigned to Blattoidea by Handlirsch (1906); and to Blattodea by Martynov (1937).
Acmaeoblattidae was named by Durden (1969).

It was synonymized subjectively with Poroblattinidae by Schneider (1978).

It was assigned to Mylacroidea by Durden (1969).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1906	Poroblattinidae Handlirsch p. 283
1906	Diechoblattinidae Handlirsch p. 379
1906	Poroblattinidae Handlirsch p. 791
1906	Diechoblattinidae Handlirsch p. 795
1919	Poroblattinidae Pruvost p. 240
1937	Diechoblattinidae Martynov p. 210
1969	Acmaeoblattidae Durden p. 1173
1969	Poroblattinidae Durden p. 1173
1974	Poroblattinidae Riek p. 20
1976	Poroblattinidae Riek p. 801
1983	Poroblattinidae Schneider p. 131

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017

Rank	Name	Author
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
—	Cercofilata
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Polyneoptera	Martynov 1938
—	Holopandictyoptera
superorder	Dictyoptera	Latreille 1829
order	Blattodea	(Latreille 1810)
family	Poroblattinidae
family	Poroblattinidae

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.

Fm. †Poroblattinidae Handlirsch 1906

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G. †Amekeoblatta Zalessky 1933

†Amekeoblatta elegans Zalessky 1933

G. †Drepanoblattina Schlechtendal 1906

G. †Ishanablattina Becker-Migdisova 1962

†Ishanablattina fodinensis Becker-Migdisova 1961

G. †Kebaona Handlirsch 1908

†Kebaona obscura Scudder 1903

G. †Ophismoblatta Handlirsch 1906

†Ophismoblatta sibirica Brauer et al. 1889

G. †Poroblattina Scudder 1885

†Poroblattina anadiensis Correia et al. 2023

†Poroblattina arcuata Scudder 1885

†Poroblattina attenuata Scudder 1885

Invalid names: Acmaeoblatta lanceolata Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]

†Poroblattina carbonaria Carpenter 1934

†Poroblattina duffieuxi Pruvost 1919

Invalid names: Archimylacridae ovalis Handlirsch 1920 [synonym]

†Poroblattina germari Giebel 1856

Invalid names: Poroblattina virgulata Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym]

†Poroblattina lakesii Scudder 1885

†Poroblattina minima Scudder 1895

†Poroblattina parvula Goldenberg 1869

Invalid names: Acmaeoblatta carbonaria Carpenter 1934 [synonym], Autoblattina amoena Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Autoblattina difficilis Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Autoblattina gracilis Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Autoblattina jucunda Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Autoblattina schlechtendali Handlirsch 1920 [synonym], Blattoidea fallax Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Blattoidea inversa Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Drepanoblattina plicata Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Nearoblatta exarata Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Nearoblatta lakesii Scudder 1885 [synonym], Petrablattina hastata Scudder 1895 [synonym], Poroblattina ambigua Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina modesta Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina obscura Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina ornata Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina striolata Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina subtilis Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina tenera Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina varia Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym]

†Poroblattina rotundata Scudder 1885

Invalid names: Autoblattina elegans Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Gerablattina minima Scudder 1895 [synonym], Nearoblatta pygmaea Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina debilis Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina incerta Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina longula Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina nervosa Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina rastrata Handlirsch 1920 [synonym], Poroblattina undosa Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym]

Invalid names: Acmaeoblatta Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Autoblattina Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Brephoblatta Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Dichronoblatta Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Epheboblatta Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Nearoblatta Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Nepioblatta Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina brachyptera Handlirsch 1906 [nomen dubium], Poroblattina inversa Schlechtendal 1906 [nomen dubium], Poroblattina lata Handlirsch 1906 [nomen dubium], Poroblattina ohioensis Scudder 1895 [nomen dubium], Poroblattina richmondiana Handlirsch 1906 [nomen dubium], Premnoblatta Pruvost 1919 [synonym], Scutinoblattina Scudder 1885 [synonym], Scutinoblattina brongniarti Scudder 1885 [nomen dubium], Scutinoblattina intermedia Scudder 1885 [nomen dubium], Scutinoblattina recta Scudder 1885 [nomen dubium], Systoloblatta Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]

Invalid names: Acmaeoblattidae Durden 1969 [synonym], Diechoblattinidae Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]

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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Westphalian D to the top of the Late/Upper Berriasian or 309.80000 to 137.05000 Ma

Collections (18 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Westphalian C - Westphalian D	314.6 - 307.4	France	Archimylacridae indet. (151689)
Westphalian D	309.8 - 307.4	France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais)	Archimylacridae indet. (151696)
Stephanian	307.4 - 300.3	USA (Ohio)	Gerablattina minima, Poroblattina ohioensis, Poroblattina brachyptera, Poroblattina lata, Poroblattina richmondiana, Acmaeoblatta lanceolata (123812)
Stephanian B	301.4 - 300.9	Morocco	Poroblattina sp. (155292)
Stephanian C	300.9 - 300.3	Portugal	Poroblattina anadiensis (229589)
Stephanian C	300.9 - 300.3	USA (Pennsylvania)	Acmaeoblatta carbonaria (144528)
Stephanian C	300.9 - 300.3	Germany (Saxony-Anhalt)	Blatta germari, Drepanoblattina plicata, Poroblattina tenera, Poroblattina incerta, Poroblattina debilis, Poroblattina subtilis, Poroblattina varia, Poroblattina obscura, Poroblattina longula, Poroblattina ambigua, Poroblattina ornata, Poroblattina striolata, Poroblattina modesta, Poroblattina nervosa, Autoblattina amoena, Autoblattina elegans, Autoblattina gracilis, Autoblattina difficilis, Autoblattina jucunda, Nearoblatta pygmaea, Blattoidea inversa, Blattoidea fallax, Poroblattina sp. (122578) Blattina parvula, Poroblattina undosa, Poroblattina inversa, Poroblattina virgulata, Nearoblatta exarata, Autoblattina sp. (122579)
Asselian	298.9 - 293.52	USA (West Virginia)	Petrablattina hastata (122604)
Asselian	298.9 - 293.52	USA (New Mexico)	Poroblattina rotundata, Poroblattina parvula (124386)
Asselian	298.9 - 293.52	USA (Colorado)	Poroblattina arcuata, Poroblattina lakesii, Neorthroblattina lakesii, Neorthroblattina rotundata, Neorthroblattina attenuata, Scutinoblattina brongniarti, Scutinoblattina intermedia, Scutinoblattina recta (106345)
Artinskian	290.1 - 283.3	Russian Federation	Drepanoblattina fodinensis (124594)
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	Russian Federation (Orenburg)	Amekeoblatta elegans (153668)
Rhaetian	205.7 - 201.4	Vietnam	Etoblattina obscura (152683)
Pliensbachian	192.9 - 184.2	Kyrgyzstan	Kokandoblattina analis (114701)
Toarcian	184.2 - 174.7	Russian Federation (Irkutsk)	Blattina sibirica (114696)
Berriasian	143.1 - 137.05	United Kingdom (England)	Blattidae indet. 2 (127481)
Late/Upper Berriasian	139.1 - 137.05	United Kingdom (England)	Dipluroblattina bailyi, Diechoblattina wallacei (133535)