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Compsoblattidae

Insecta - Blattodea - Compsoblattidae

Taxonomy

Compsoblattidae was named by Schneider (1978). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Blattodea by Schneider (1978), Schneider (1983).

Subtaxa

Compsoblatta, Dicladoblatta ericana, Phyloblatta doelauana, Phyloblatta ignota, Phyloblatta saxonica, Phyloblatta similis, Sysciophlebia lenis, Sysciophlebia modesta

Synonyms

Phyloblatta similis was named by Schlechtendal (1906). It is an impression. Its type locality is Wettin, which is in a Stephanian C terrestrial shale in the Ottweiler Stufe Formation of Germany.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Schneider (1978).
Phyloblatta ignota was named by Schlechtendal (1906). It is an impression. Its type locality is Wettin, which is in a Stephanian C terrestrial shale in the Ottweiler Stufe Formation of Germany.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Schneider (1978).
Sysciophlebia modesta was named by Schlechtendal (1906). It is an impression. Its type locality is Wettin, which is in a Stephanian C terrestrial shale in the Ottweiler Stufe Formation of Germany.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Schneider (1978).
Sysciophlebia lenis was named by Schlechtendal (1906). It is an impression. Its type locality is Wettin, which is in a Stephanian C terrestrial shale in the Ottweiler Stufe Formation of Germany.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Schneider (1978).
Dicladoblatta ericana was named by Scharf (1924). Its type specimen is MH, a tegmen, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Lichtschacht im Kalten Tal near Illfeld, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian fluvial-lacustrine /coal in the Ilfelder Schichten Formation of Germany.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Schneider (1978).
Phyloblatta saxonica was named by Handlirsch (1920). It is an impression. Its type locality is Wettin, which is in a Stephanian C terrestrial shale in the Ottweiler Stufe Formation of Germany.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Schneider (1978).
Phyloblatta doelauana was named by Handlirsch (1920). It is an impression. Its type locality is Von der Heydt pit, roof of third flotz, which is in a Westphalian D terrestrial shale in the Petite-Rossella Formation of Germany.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Schneider (1978).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1906	Phyloblatta similis Schlechtendal p. 226 figs. Pl 23, fig 37
1906	Phyloblatta ignota Schlechtendal p. 227 figs. Pl 23, fig 43
1906	Sysciophlebia modesta Schlechtendal p. 243 figs. Pl 25, fig 23
1906	Sysciophlebia lenis Schlechtendal p. 245 figs. Pl 25, fig 31
1920	Phyloblatta saxonica Handlirsch p. 441
1920	Phyloblatta doelauana Handlirsch p. 442
1920	Phyloblatta ignota Handlirsch p. 442
1920	Phyloblatta similis Handlirsch p. 442
1920	Sysciophlebia lenis Handlirsch p. 452
1920	Sysciophlebia modesta Handlirsch p. 452
1922	Phyloblatta ignota Handlirsch p. 130
1922	Phyloblatta saxonica Handlirsch p. 130
1922	Phyloblatta similis Handlirsch p. 131
1922	Phyloblatta doelauana Handlirsch p. 136
1922	Sysciophlebia lenis Handlirsch p. 166
1922	Sysciophlebia modesta Handlirsch p. 166
1924	Dicladoblatta ericana Scharf p. 431
1978	Compsoblattidae Schneider
1983	Compsoblattidae Schneider p. 128

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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	Compsoblattidae
family	Compsoblattidae

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. †Compsoblattidae Schneider 1978

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G. †Compsoblatta Schlechtendal 1906

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†Compsoblatta anaglyptica Germar 1842

Invalid names: Blattina carbonaria Germar 1851 [synonym], Phyloblatta hochecornei Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Phyloblatta lenta Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Sysciophlebia signata Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Sysciophlebia tenera Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym]

†Compsoblatta anthracophila Germar 1842

Invalid names: Phyloblatta dificilis Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Phyloblatta grata Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Phyloblatta hauptiana Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Phyloblatta perfecta Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Phyloblatta regularis Martynov 1930 [synonym], Phyloblatta regularis Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym]

†Compsoblatta couloni Meunier 1921

Invalid names: Etoblattina plasta Meunier 1921 [synonym]

†Compsoblatta frankei Schneider 1978

†Compsoblatta mangoldti Schlechtendal 1906

†Compsoblatta nobilis Schlechtendal 1906

Invalid names: Phyloblatta ardua Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Phyloblatta credneri Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Sysciophlebia saxonica Handlirsch 1920 [synonym]

†Compsoblatta ovata Meunier 1921

Invalid names: Etoblattina bouvieri Meunier 1921 [synonym], Etoblattina lacroixi Meunier 1921 [synonym], Phyloblatta spathulata Bolton 1925 [synonym]

†Compsoblatta plana Schlechtendal 1906

Invalid names: Phyloblatta wittekindiana Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym]

Invalid names: Dicladoblatta ericana Scharf 1924 [nomen dubium], Phyloblatta doelauana Handlirsch 1920 [nomen dubium], Phyloblatta ignota Schlechtendal 1906 [nomen dubium], Phyloblatta saxonica Handlirsch 1920 [nomen dubium], Phyloblatta similis Schlechtendal 1906 [nomen dubium], Sysciophlebia lenis Schlechtendal 1906 [nomen dubium], Sysciophlebia modesta Schlechtendal 1906 [nomen dubium]

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 to the top of the Asselian or 318.70000 to 293.52000 Ma

Collections (15 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Westphalian	318.7 - 307.4	Germany (Saxony-Anhalt)	Phyloblatta wittekindiana (125699)
Gzhelian	303.7 - 298.9	France	Etoblattina couloni, Etoblattina bouvieri, Etoblattina lacroixi, Etoblattina plasta (121979) Phyloblatta spathulata (124916)
Gzhelian	303.7 - 298.9	Spain	Compsoblatta ovata (227129)
Stephanian B	301.4 - 300.9	Morocco	Compsoblatta sp. (155291)
Stephanian C	300.9 - 300.3	Germany	Phyloblatta carbonaria (172340)
Stephanian C	300.9 - 300.3	Germany (Saxony-Anhalt)	Blattina anthracophila, Blattina anaglyptica, Blattina carbonaria, Phyloblatta ardua, Phyloblatta plana, Phyloblatta grata, Phyloblatta perfecta, Phyloblatta hauptiana, Phyloblatta lenta, Phyloblatta similis, Phyloblatta ignota, Sysciophlebia nobilis, Sysciophlebia signata, Sysciophlebia tenera, Sysciophlebia modesta, Sysciophlebia lenis, Phyloblatta regularis, Phyloblatta sp. (122578) Compsoblatta plana, Compsoblatta anthracophila, Compsoblatta nobilis (125736) Phyloblatta hochecornei, Phyloblatta credneri, Compsoblatta anaglyptica, Sysciophlebia sp. 1 (122579) Phyloblatta sp. (125239)
Stephanian C	300.9 - 300.3	Germany (Thuringia)	Compsoblatta frankei (122592)
Asselian	298.9 - 293.52	Germany (Thüringer Wald)	Compsoblatta sp. (128478)
Asselian - Sakmarian	298.9 - 290.1	Germany	Compsoblatta frankei (127934) Compsoblatta mangoldti (127935)
Asselian - Sakmarian	298.9 - 290.1	Germany (Thuringia)	Dicladoblatta ericana (128477)