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Morphna

Insecta - Blattodea - Blaberidae

Taxonomy
Morphna was named by Shelford (1910). It is extant. It is the type genus of Morphnini.

It was assigned to Epilampridae by Vršanský et al. (2013); and to Morphnini by Šmídová et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Morphna Shelford
2013Morphna Vršanský et al. p. 119
2021Morphna Šmídová et al. p. 72

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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)
superfamilyBlaberoidea
Orkrasomeria
familyBlaberidae()
subfamilyEpilamprinae()
tribeMorphnini
genusMorphnaShelford 1910

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. Morphna Shelford 1910
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Morphna cenozoica Šmídová and Wedmann 2021
Morphna cretacica Šmídová 2021
Morphna paleo Vršanský et al. 2013
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: base of the Aptian to the top of the MP 11 or 125.00000 to 40.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Japan M. sp. (233240)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar M. cretacica (184414)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Russian Federation M. paleo (152011)
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) M. cenozoica (233255)