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Blattidae

Insecta - Blattodea - Blattidae

Taxonomy

Blattidae was named by Latreille (1810). It is extant. Its type is Blatta.

It was assigned to Blattacea by Sellards (1904); to Blattodea by Müller (1965); to Blattariae by Zhang (1989) and Wappler (2003); to Blattoidae by Evangelista et al. (2019); and to Blattoidea by Evangelista et al. (2017), Djernæs and Murienne (2022) and Liu et al. (2023).

Subtaxa

Blattinae, Cretaperiplaneta, Latiblatta, Polyzosteriinae, Protectobiinae, Protoblattinae, Strictiblatta, Zhujiblatta

Synonyms

Latiblatta was named by Hong (2002).

It was considered a nomen nudum by Hong (2002) and Hong (2002); it was replaced with Hongoblatta by Özdikmen (2008).
Latiblatta spinosa was named by Hong (2002). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (late 1970s collection), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in China.

It was considered a nomen nudum by Hong (2002) and Hong (2002); it was recombined as Hongoblatta spinosa by Özdikmen (2008).
Latiblatta orientalis was named by Hong (2002). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (late 1970s collection), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in China.

It was considered a nomen nudum by Hong (2002) and Hong (2002); it was recombined as Hongoblatta orientalis by Özdikmen (2008).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1810	Blattidae Latreille p. 246
1904	Blattidae Sellards
1965	Blattidae Müller p. 869
1989	Blattidae Zhang p. 42
2002	Latiblatta Hong p. 23
2002	Latiblatta spinosa Hong p. 25 figs. Pl 3, fig 1
2002	Latiblatta orientalis Hong p. 28 figs. Pl 2, fig 4
2003	Blattidae Wappler
2008	Hongoblatta orientalis Özdikmen p. 746
2008	Hongoblatta spinosa Özdikmen p. 746
2017	Blattidae Evangelista et al. p. 3
2019	Blattidae Evangelista et al.
2022	Blattidae Djernæs and Murienne
2023	Blattidae Liu et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Polyneoptera	Martynov 1938
—	Holopandictyoptera
superorder	Dictyoptera	Latreille 1829
order	Blattodea	(Latreille 1810)
—	Solumblattodea
superfamily	Blattoidea
family	Blattidae
family	Blattidae

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. Blattidae Latreille 1810

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Subfm. Blattinae Latreille 1810

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G. Blatta Linnaeus 1758

†Blatta berendti Giebel 1856

†Blatta colorata Heer 1864

†Blatta gedanensis Germar and Berendt 1856

†Blatta pauperata von Heyden 1862

†Blatta persipicillata Dalman 1826

†Blatta succinea Germar 1813

†Blatta sundgaviensis Förster 1891

Invalid names: Blattina Germar 1813 [synonym]

G. †Bubosa Šmídová 2020

†Bubosa poinari Šmídová 2020

G. †Eoplaneta Piton and Théobald 1937

†Eoplaneta desforesti Piton and Théobald 1937

G. Periplaneta Burmeister 1838

†Periplaneta eocaenica Meunier 1921

†Periplaneta houlberti Piton 1940

†Periplaneta hylecoeta Zhang 1989

†Periplaneta lacera Zhang 1989

†Periplaneta perialla Anisyutkin and Perkovsky 2021

†Periplaneta relicta Meunier 1921

†Periplaneta smithiae Barna et al. 2023

†Periplaneta sphodra Zhang et al. 1994

†Periplaneta succinica Shelford 1910

G. †Prostylopyga Piton 1940

†Prostylopyga gigantea Piton 1940

G. †Zeunera Piton 1936

†Zeunera madeleinae Piton 1936

†Zeunera superba Piton 1940

G. †Cretaperiplaneta Qiu et al. 2020

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†Cretaperiplaneta kaonashi Qiu et al. 2020

Subfm. Polyzosteriinae Tepper 1893

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Tr. Methanini McKittrick 1964

G. Methana Stal 1877

Tr. Polyzosteriini Tepper 1893

G. Polyzosteria Burmeister 1838 [bush cockroach]

†Polyzosteria parvula Germar and Berendt 1856

†Polyzosteria tricuspidata Berendt 1836

Subfm. †Protectobiinae

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G. †Protectobia Piton 1940

†Protectobia primordialis Piton 1940

G. †Strictiblatta Lin 1980

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†Strictiblatta longanusis Lin 1980

G. †Zhujiblatta Lin 1980

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†Zhujiblatta anofissilis Lin 1980

Invalid names: Latiblatta Hong 2002 [nomen nudum], Protoblattinae Meunier 1907 [empty]

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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Holocene or 122.46000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 122.46 Ma

Collections (32 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian	122.46 - 113.0	Australia (Victoria)	Methana sp. (77192)
Early/Lower Aptian	121.4 - 122.46	China (Zhejiang)	Zhujiblatta anofissilis (155597)
Late/Upper Cretaceous	100.5 - 66.0	China (Anhui)	Strictiblatta longanusis (155598)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Myanmar	Bubosa poinari (184414) Cretaperiplaneta kaonashi (199518)
Selandian	61.6 - 59.2	France (Auvergne)	Eoplaneta desforesti (120352) Protectobia primordialis, Prostylopyga gigantea, Zeunera madeleinae, Zeunera superba, Eoplaneta desforesti, Periplaneta houlberti (113685) Zeunera madeleinae (120351)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	China (Liaoning)	Latiblatta orientalis (124820) Latiblatta spinosa, Latiblatta orientalis (124530)
Bridgerian	50.3 - 46.2	USA (Colorado)	Periplaneta smithiae (181560)
MP 11	48.6 - 40.4	Germany (Hessen)	Blattidae indet. (120798) Blattidae indet., Periplaneta eocaenica, Periplaneta relicta (120036)
MP 13	48.6 - 40.4	Germany (Eifel)	Blattidae indet. (135641 135642 135643 138912)
Uintan	46.2 - 39.7	USA (Colorado)	Periplaneta smithiae (224004)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Poland	Polyzosteria parvula, Blatta tricuspidata, Blatta gedanensis (109625)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Ukraine	Periplaneta perialla (221240)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Russian Federation (Kaliningrad)	Blatta berendti (147348) Blattina succinea (147349) Periplaneta succinica (124073)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 28.4	France	Blatta sundgaviensis (121473)
MP 30	28.4 - 23.03	Germany	Blatta pauperata (123945)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	France	Blatta sp. (160862)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	China (Shandong)	Periplaneta hylecoeta (128551) Periplaneta lacera (128552) Periplaneta sphodra (138944)
Sarmatian	12.7 - 11.608	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	Blattidium coloratum (117252)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Tanzania	Blatta persipicillata (152160) Periplaneta sp. (123991)