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Mesoblattinidae
Taxonomy
Mesoblattinidae was named by Handlirsch (1906). Its type is Blattina (Mesoblattina).
It was assigned to Blattoidea by Handlirsch (1906); to Orthoptera by Haughton (1924); to Blattodea by Tillyard (1923), Martynov (1937), Riek (1976), Whalley (1985) and Geyer and Kleber (1987); to Blattariae by Bode (1953), Hong (1986) and Ren (1995); to Mesoblattinoidea by Vršanský (2004); to Blattoidea by Martins-Neto et al. (2005); and to Blattoidea by Vršanský and Ansorge (2007), Hinkelman (2019), Vršanský (2020), Hinkelman (2021) and Vršanský (2021).
It was assigned to Blattoidea by Handlirsch (1906); to Orthoptera by Haughton (1924); to Blattodea by Tillyard (1923), Martynov (1937), Riek (1976), Whalley (1985) and Geyer and Kleber (1987); to Blattariae by Bode (1953), Hong (1986) and Ren (1995); to Mesoblattinoidea by Vršanský (2004); to Blattoidea by Martins-Neto et al. (2005); and to Blattoidea by Vršanský and Ansorge (2007), Hinkelman (2019), Vršanský (2020), Hinkelman (2021) and Vršanský (2021).
Subtaxa
Actinoblattula, Aporoblattina, Aporoblattina butleri, Archimesoblatta, Artitocoblatta, Austroblattula, Basiblattina, Beviblattina, Blattidium, Blattidium medium, Breviblattina, Cuniculoblatta, Durdlestoneia, Fusoblatta, Gondwablatta, Grandocularis, Hispanoblatta, Hongaya, Jingyuanoblatta, Karatavoblatta, Kulmbachiellon, Laiyangia, Lithoblatta, Malmoblattina, Meloblatta, Mesoblatta, Mesoblattellina, Mesoblattina, Mesoblattininae, Mesoblattinopsinae, Mieroblattina, Mongolblatta, Nipponoblatta, Nogueroblatta, Nymphoblatta, Otazka, Pareinoblatta, Perlucipecta, Praeblattella, Pulchellablatta, Rhaetoblattina, Rithma, Schambeloblattina, Sivis, Spinaeblattina, Stantoniella, Stenotegmina, Summatiblatta, Turoniblatta, Voltziablatta
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1864 | Blattidium medium Heer p. 83 |
| 1886 | Elisama media Scudder p. 468 |
| 1886 | Aporoblattina butleri Scudder p. 482 figs. Pl 48 fig 15 |
| 1906 | Mesoblattinidae Handlirsch p. 290 |
| 1923 | Mesoblattinidae Tillyard |
| 1924 | Mesoblattinidae Haughton |
| 1937 | Mesoblattinidae Martynov p. 183 |
| 1953 | Mesoblattinidae Bode |
| 1976 | Mesoblattinidae Riek p. 802 |
| 1985 | Mesoblattinidae Whalley |
| 1986 | Mesoblattinidae Hong |
| 1987 | Mesoblattinidae Geyer and Kleber p. 339 |
| 1995 | Mesoblattinidae Ren p. 50 |
| 2004 | Mesoblattinidae Vršanský p. 462 |
| 2005 | Mesoblattinidae Martins-Neto et al. p. 14 |
| 2007 | Mesoblattinidae Vršanský and Ansorge |
| 2019 | Mesoblattinidae Hinkelman p. 231 |
| 2020 | Mesoblattinidae Vršanský p. 49 |
| 2021 | Mesoblattinidae Hinkelman p. 84 |
| 2021 | Mesoblattinidae Vršanský p. 23 |
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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. †Mesoblattinidae Handlirsch 1906
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G. †Aporoblattina Scudder 1886
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†Aporoblattina mclachlani Scudder 1886
†Aporoblattina westwoodi Scudder 1886
G. †Archimesoblatta Vršanský 2003
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†Archimesoblatta altera Vršanský 1997
†Archimesoblatta kopi Barna 2014
†Archimesoblatta piniformis Vršanský 2003
†Archimesoblatta tendencia Vršanský 2003
G. †Artitocoblatta Handlirsch 1906
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†Artitocoblatta gossi Scudder 1886
†Artitocoblatta hispanica Whalley and Jarzembowski 1985
G. †Beviblattina Vršanský 2004
G. †Blattidium Westwood 1854
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†Blattidium fragile Heer 1868
†Blattidium molossus Westwood 1854
†Blattidium symyrus Westwood 1854
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Invalid names: Blattidium nogaus Westwood 1854 [objective synonym]
G. †Karatavoblatta Vishnyakova 1968
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†Karatavoblatta formosa Ren 1995
†Karatavoblatta longicaudata Vishnyakova 1968
G. †Kulmbachiellon Kuhn 1938
G. †Lithoblatta Handlirsch 1906
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†Lithoblatta lithophila Germar 1839
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Invalid names: Apiaria veterana Weyenbergh 1869 [synonym], Blattidium beroldingianum Heer 1864 [synonym], Bombus conservatus Weyenbergh 1869 [synonym]
G. †Malmoblattina Handlirsch 1906
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†Malmoblattina brodiei Scudder 1886
†Malmoblattina bucktoni Scudder 1886
†Malmoblattina hopei Scudder 1886
†Malmoblattina mantelli Scudder 1886
†Malmoblattina murrayi Scudder 1886
†Malmoblattina peachi Scudder 1886
G. †Mesoblattina Geinitz 1880
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†Mesoblattina anceps Giebel 1856
†Mesoblattina angustata Heer 1864
†Mesoblattina colominasi Meunier 1914
†Mesoblattina cretacea Hong 1982
†Mesoblattina damianii Mendes 2000
†Mesoblattina deichmulleri Handlirsch 1906
†Mesoblattina eatoni Scudder 1886
†Mesoblattina elongatum Giebel 1856
†Mesoblattina exigua Scudder 1886
†Mesoblattina fiuzai Mendes 2000
†Mesoblattina higginsii Scudder 1886
†Mesoblattina kirkbyi Scudder 1886
†Mesoblattina kollari Giebel 1856
†Mesoblattina libanensis Káčerová and Azar 2022
†Mesoblattina maclachlani Scudder 1886
†Mesoblattina martinsnetoi Mendes 2000
†Mesoblattina minima Scudder 1886
†Mesoblattina mongolica Vishnyakova 1985
†Mesoblattina multivenosa Martynov 1937
†Mesoblattina murchisoni Giebel 1856
†Mesoblattina paucivenose Hong 1982
†Mesoblattina protypa Geinitz 1880
†Mesoblattina ramificata Giebel 1856
†Mesoblattina recta Giebel 1856
†Mesoblattina simplicis Hong 1980
†Mesoblattina sinica Ping 1928
†Mesoblattina stricklandi Brodie 1845
†Mesoblattina swintoni Scudder 1886
†Mesoblattina wanbeiensis Lin 1985
†Mesoblattina westwoodi Scudder 1886
†Mesoblattina wuweiensis Lin 1978
†Mesoblattina xiangnanensis Lin 1986
Subfm. †Mesoblattininae Handlirsch 1906
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G. †Nannoblattina Scudder 1886
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†Nannoblattina brodiei Handlirsch 1906
†Nannoblattina petulantia Whalley 1985
†Nannoblattina pinna Giebel 1856
†Nannoblattina similis Giebel 1856
†Nannoblattina woodwardi Scudder 1886
Subfm. †Mesoblattinopsinae Pinto 1989
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G. †Mesoblattinopsis Pinto 1989
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†Mesoblattinopsis candidoi Mendes 2000
†Mesoblattinopsis natani Mendes 2000
G. †Mongolblatta Vršanský 2004
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†Mongolblatta accurata Vršanský 2004
†Mongolblatta sanguinea Barna 2014
†Mongolblatta sendii Hinkelman 2021
G. †Nipponoblatta Fujiyama 1974
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†Nipponoblatta acerba Ren 1995
†Nipponoblatta deformis Lin 1986
†Nipponoblatta suzugaminae Fujiyama 1974
G. †Nogueroblatta Martínez-Delclòs 1993
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†Nogueroblatta fontllongae Martínez-Delclòs 1993
†Nogueroblatta nana Martínez-Delclòs 1993
G. †Pareinoblatta Handlirsch 1906
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†Pareinoblatta expuncta Scudder 1895
†Pareinoblatta sellardsi Handlirsch 1906
G. †Perlucipecta Wei and Ren 2013
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†Perlucipecta aurea Wei and Ren 2013
†Perlucipecta cosmopolitana Vršanský 2020
†Perlucipecta santanensis Lee 2016
†Perlucipecta vrsanskyi Wei and Ren 2013
G. †Praeblattella Vršanský 2003
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†Praeblattella arcuata Oyama et al. 2022
†Praeblattella dichotoma Vršanský 2003
†Praeblattella elegans Vršanský 1997
†Praeblattella inexpecta Oyama et al. 2022
†Praeblattella jurassica Vršanský 2020
†Praeblattella krzeminski Kováčová et al. 2023
†Praeblattella ponomarenkoi Vršanský 2003
†Praeblattella solus Majtaník 2023
†Praeblattella zrnko Vršanský 2003
G. †Pulchellablatta Martins-Neto and Gallego 2005
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†Pulchellablatta nana Martins-Neto and Gallego 2005
G. †Rithma Giebel 1856
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†Rithma daltoni Scudder 1886
†Rithma purbeccensis Giebel 1856
†Rithma westwoodi Giebel 1856
G. †Spinaeblattina Hinkelman 2019
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†Spinaeblattina baekthoensis So and Won 2021
†Spinaeblattina myanmarensis Hinkelman 2019
†Spinaeblattina tuanwangensis Zhang et al. 2023
†Spinaeblattina yixianensis Gao et al. 2018
G. †Voltziablatta Papier and Grauvogel-Stamm 1995
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†Voltziablatta grauvogeli Papier and Grauvogel-Stamm 1995
†Voltziablatta intercalata Papier and Grauvogel-Stamm 1995
Invalid names: Aporoblattina butleri Scudder 1886 [nomen dubium], Blattidium medium Heer 1864 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Westphalian D to the top of the Selandian or 309.80000 to 59.20000 Ma
Collections (130 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Westphalian D | USA (Illinois) | Blattoidea sellardsi (112630) | |
| Asselian | USA (West Virginia) | Etoblattina expuncta (122604) | |
| Aegean | France | Voltziablatta grauvogeli (106916) Voltziablatta intercalata, Voltziablatta grauvogeli (107682) | |
| Carnian | Argentina (La Rioja) | Pulchellablatta nana (122987) | |
| Norian | Australia (Queensland) | Austroblattula ipsviciensis (111558) | |
| Rhaetian | Vietnam | Gerablattina elegans, Etoblattina brevis (152682) | |
| Rhaetian | United Kingdom (England) | Aporoblattina butleri (124689) | |
| Rhaetian | Turkey | Actinoblattula charlesi (152783) | |
| Hettangian | China (Hunan) | Nipponoblatta deformis, Summatiblatta colorata, Mesoblattina xiangnanensis (155338) | |
| Angulata | Switzerland | Blattina formosa, Blattina angustata, Blattidium medium (131766) | |
| Obtusum | United Kingdom (England) | Nannoblattina petulantia (114637) | |
| Pliensbachian | China (Hubei) | Mesoblattina multivenosa (151516) | |
| Pliensbachian | Kyrgyzstan | Mesoblattina multivenosa (114701) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) | Mesoblattina protypa (114993) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Japan (Yamaguchi) | Nipponoblatta suzugaminae (116101) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Germany | Blattina protypa (123987) Mesoblattina protypa (114991) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Germany (Bavaria) | Mesoblattina protypa (117794) | |
| Toarcian | Australia (Western Australia) | Mesoblattinidae indet. (140828) | |
| Toarcian | Russian Federation (Irkutsk) | Mesoblattinidae indet. (125228) | |
| Toarcian | Mongolia | Mesoblattina mongolica (124855) | |
| Toarcian - Aalenian | China (Hunan) | Mesoblattina multivenosa (155351) Mesoblattina protypa (114577) | |
| Middle Jurassic | China (Gansu) | Jingyuanoblatta pluma (154783) | |
| Aalenian - Bajocian | China (Gansu) | Mesoblattina paucivenose (155033) | |
| Bajocian - Bathonian | China (Anhui) | Mesoblattina sp., Mesoblattina wanbeiensis (106695) | |
| Bajocian - Bathonian | Mongolia (Bayan-Khongor) | Perlucipecta cosmopolitana (124340) | |
| Callovian - Oxfordian | China (Liaoning) | Mesoblattina simplicis (113482) Mesoblattina sinica (156596) Mesoblattina sp. (173107) | |
| Callovian - Oxfordian | China (Hebei) | Mesoblattina sp. (156711) | |
| Callovian - Oxfordian | Kazakhstan (Chimkent) | Karatavoblatta longicaudata, Rhipidoblattinopsis latitergata, Latiblatta lativalvata (105971) Latiblatta lativalvata (106102) Rhipidoblattinopsis latitergata, Latiblatta lativalvata (106101) | |
| Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous | China (Gansu) | Mesoblattina wuweiensis (151517) | |
| Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous | Kazakhstan | Praeblattella solus (151964) | |
| Tithonian | Mongolia | Breviblattina minor (125981) Breviblattina minor, Mongolblatta accurata (104748) Mongolblatta accurata (121393 121394 164965) | |
| Tithonian | Mongolia (Bayan-Khongor) | Praeblattella jurassica (122322) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany (Bavaria) | Lithoblatta lithophila (122586 139876) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany | Blattidium beroldingianum (155298) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany (Bayern) | Lithoblatta lithophila (123144) Mesoblattina deichmulleri (133579) Mesoblattina lithophila (133578) Musca lithophila (123985) Musca lithophila, Bombus conservatus, Apiaria veterana (123906) | |
| Early/Lower Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | Blattidium nogaus, Blattidium symyrus, Blattidae indet., Orthoptera indet., Phryganeidae indet., Orthoptera indet., Blattidae indet. (105966) | |
| Late/Upper Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | Blattidium molossus, Insecta indet., Neuroptera indet., Blattidae indet. (117342) Rithma westwoodi, Rithma daltoni, Mesoblattina brodiei, Mesoblattina mantelli, Rithma gossii, Mesoblattina swintoni, Mesoblattina higginsii, Mesoblattina murrayi, Mesoblattina hopei, Mesoblattina peachii, Elisama bucktoni, Elisama kirkbyi, Aporoblattina eatoni, Aporoblattina mclachlani (133535) | |
| Middle Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | Blatta stricklandi, Blattidae indet. 2, Corydalis sp. 1, Corydalis sp. 4, Corydalis sp. 2, Corydalis sp. 6 (104008) | |
| Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | Blattidae indet. 1 (127481) Nannoblattina woodwardi (133536) | |
| Berriasian | Israel | Gondwablatta abrahami (84472) | |
| Berriasian - Barremian | Thailand | Praeblattella krzeminski (122855) | |
| Late/Upper Hauterivian | United Kingdom (England) | Mesoblattinidae indet. (119697) | |
| Hauterivian | Algeria | Otazka systematicka, Meloblatta brezinica (123148) | |
| Early/Lower Barremian | Spain | Artitocoblatta colominasi (118362) Mesoblattina colominasi, Nogueroblatta fontllongae, Nogueroblatta nana (104052 123437) Nogueroblatta nana (152690 152691) | |
| Early/Lower Barremian | Lebanon | Mesoblattina libanensis (230287) Nymphoblatta azari (122471 123017 123416 230290) | |
| Early/Lower Barremian | Spain (Cataluña) | Artitocoblatta colominasi (118322) Artitocoblatta hispanica (118325) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | Spain (Cuenca) | Hispanoblatta sumptuosa, Nogueroblatta fontllongae (152992) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | China (Liaoning) | Karatavoblatta formosa (106966) Nipponoblatta acerba (138436) Perlucipecta aurea, Perlucipecta vrsanskyi (124759) Piniblattella yixianensis (153157) | |
| Barremian | Mongolia | Archimesoblatta tendencia (124343) | |
| Barremian | Russian Federation (Chita) | Archimesoblatta kopi, Mongolblatta sanguinea (105968) | |
| Barremian - Aptian | North Korea | Perlucipecta aurea, Spinaeblattina baekthoensis (200272) | |
| Aptian | Russian Federation (Buryatia) | Archimesoblatta altera (105536 105969 118216) Piniblattella altera (122551) Piniblattella elegans (157780) | |
| Aptian | Japan | Praeblattella arcuata (233241) Praeblattella inexpecta (233240) | |
| Aptian | China (Shandong) | Laiyangia delicatula (106313) Laiyangia paradoxiformis (128277) Spinaeblattina tuanwangensis (233208) | |
| Aptian | Mongolia (Govi-Altai) | Mesoblattinidae indet. (122332 136020 136091) | |
| Aptian | Mongolia | Archimesoblatta altera (146608) Piniblattella altera (125186) Piniblattella altera, Archimesoblatta piniformis, Praeblattella ponomarenkoi, Brachymesoblatta arcuata (113356) Piniblattella altera, Praeblattella ponomarenkoi (121713) Piniblattella altera, Praeblattella ponomarenkoi, Praeblattella dichotoma (113359) Praeblattella dichotoma (155549) Praeblattella ponomarenkoi (121710 121714 125194 155552) Praeblattella ponomarenkoi, Praeblattella dichotoma, Praeblattella zrnko, Tarakanula shcherbakovi (113355) Praeblattella ponomarenkoi, Praeblattella dichotoma, Tarakanula shcherbakovi (155551) Praeblattella ponomarenkoi, Tarakanula shcherbakovi (113358 138924) | |
| Aptian | China (Jilin) | Basiblattina conformis (151876) | |
| Aptian | Argentina | Blattulopsis popovi (113414) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceará) | Blattidae indet. B (122557) Mesoblattina fiuzai, Mesoblattina damianii, Mesoblattina martinsnetoi, Mesoblattinopsis candidoi, Mesoblattinopsis natani, Mesoblattellina cretacea (123014) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | China (Gansu) | Mesoblattina cretacea (155013) | |
| Albian | South Korea (Gyeongsangnam-do) | Mesoblattinidae indet. (184787) Mesoblattinidae indet., Mesoblattina sp. (184786) | |
| Albian | South Korea | Mesoblattinidae indet. (184784 184788 184789) Mesoblattinidae indet., Mesoblattina sp. (184785) | |
| Albian | Jordan | Grandocularis kurnubinsi (124847) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Sivis odpo (99114) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar | Mesoblatta maxi (161726) Spinaeblattina myanmarensis, Mesoblatta maxi, Sivis tykadlo, Mongolblatta sendii, Cuniculoblatta brevialata (184414) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | France | Mesoblattininae indet. (123019) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | Lebanon | Mieroblattina pacis (152969) | |
| Middle Turonian | Israel | Turoniblatta israelica (103446) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | Russian Federation | Perlucipecta sp. (122590) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Montana) | Stantonia cretacea (122333) | |
| Paleocene | China (Jiangsu) | Stenotegmina comivana (148369) | |
| Selandian | Greenland | Blattidium fragile (152291) |