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Morphnini

Insecta - Blattodea - Blaberidae

Taxonomy
Morphnini was named by McKittrick (1964). It is extant. Its type is Morphna.

It was assigned to Epilamprinae by McKittrick (1964) and Šmídová et al. (2021).

Subtaxa
Fonsecablatta, Morphna (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Morphnini McKittrick
2021Morphnini 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
tribeMorphnini

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.

Tr. Morphnini McKittrick 1964
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G. †Fonsecablatta Mendes and Pinto 2001
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†Fonsecablatta patricioi Mendes and Pinto 2001
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aptian to the top of the Priabonian or 125.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Japan Morphna sp. (233240)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Morphna cretacica (184414)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Russian Federation Morphna paleo (152011)
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) Morphna cenozoica (233255)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Brazil (Minas Gerais) Fonsecablatta patricioi (138890)