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Poroblattina

Insecta - Blattodea - Poroblattinidae

Taxonomy

Poroblattina was named by Scudder (1885) [type species unclear]. It is not extant. Its type is Poroblattina arcuata.

It was assigned to Blattinariae by Scudder (1885), Scudder (1886) and Scudder (1895); and to Poroblattinidae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1920), Schneider (1978), Schneider (1983), Schneider et al. (2004) and Correia et al. (2023).

Species

Epheboblatta attenuata, Nearoblatta rotundata, P. anadiensis, P. arcuata (type species), P. attenuata (syn. Acmaeoblatta lanceolata), P. brachyptera, P. carbonaria, P. duffieuxi (syn. Archimylacridae ovalis), P. germari (syn. P. virgulata), P. inversa, P. lakesii, P. lata, P. minima, P. ohioensis, P. parvula (syn. Autoblattina gracilis, P. tenera, Blattoidea fallax, P. modesta, P. ambigua, P. subtilis, P. ornata, Nearoblatta lakesii, Drepanoblattina plicata, Blattoidea inversa, Autoblattina jucunda, P. striolata, Autoblattina difficilis, Autoblattina schlechtendali, Petrablattina hastata, Nearoblatta exarata, Acmaeoblatta carbonaria, P. obscura, P. varia, Autoblattina amoena), P. richmondiana, P. rotundata (syn. P. incerta, Nearoblatta pygmaea, P. rastrata, Gerablattina minima, P. debilis, P. longula, Autoblattina elegans, P. undosa, P. nervosa), Premnoblatta duffieuxi, Scutinoblattina brongniarti, Scutinoblattina intermedia, Scutinoblattina recta

Synonyms

Scutinoblattina was named by Scudder (1885).

It was synonymized subjectively with Poroblattina by Schneider (1978).

It was assigned to Neoblattariae by Scudder (1886) and Scudder (1895); and to Mesoblattinidae by Handlirsch (1906) and Handlirsch (1920).
Poroblattina ohioensis was named by Scudder (1895). Its type specimen is Coll Huston 162, a tegmen (fragment of tegmen), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Willis Creek near Steubenville, which is in a Stephanian terrestrial shale in the Conemaugh Formation of Ohio.

It was recombined as Systoloblatta ohioensis by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1906) and Handlirsch (1920); it was considered a nomen dubium by Schneider (1978).
Scutinoblattina brongniarti was named by Scudder (1885). It is an impression. Its type locality is Fairplay, which is in an Asselian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Maroon Formation of Colorado.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Schneider (1978).
Scutinoblattina intermedia was named by Scudder (1885). It is an impression. Its type locality is Fairplay, which is in an Asselian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Maroon Formation of Colorado.

It was recombined as Nepioblatta intermedia by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1906) and Handlirsch (1920); it was considered a nomen dubium by Schneider (1978).
Scutinoblattina recta was named by Scudder (1885). It is an impression. Its type locality is Fairplay, which is in an Asselian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Maroon Formation of Colorado.

It was recombined as Brephoblatta recta by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1906) and Handlirsch (1920); it was considered a nomen dubium by Schneider (1978).
Poroblattina brachyptera was named by Handlirsch (1906). Its type specimen is USNM 38637, a tegmen, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Willis Creek near Steubenville, which is in a Stephanian terrestrial shale in the Conemaugh Formation of Ohio.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Schneider (1978).
Poroblattina lata was named by Handlirsch (1906). Its type specimen is USNM 38696, a tegmen, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Willis Creek near Steubenville, which is in a Stephanian terrestrial shale in the Conemaugh Formation of Ohio.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Schneider (1978).
Poroblattina richmondiana was named by Handlirsch (1906). Its type specimen is USNM 38644, a tegmen, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Willis Creek near Steubenville, which is in a Stephanian terrestrial shale in the Conemaugh Formation of Ohio.

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

It was considered a nomen dubium by Schneider (1978).
Autoblattina was named by Schlechtendal (1906).

It was synonymized subjectively with Poroblattina by Schneider (1978).

It was assigned to Poroblattinidae by Handlirsch (1906) and Handlirsch (1920).
Systoloblatta was named by Handlirsch (1906).

It was synonymized subjectively with Poroblattina by Schneider (1978).

It was assigned to Poroblattinidae by Handlirsch (1906) and Handlirsch (1920).
Acmaeoblatta was named by Handlirsch (1906).

It was synonymized subjectively with Poroblattina by Schneider (1978).

It was assigned to Mesoblattinidae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1920) and Carpenter (1934); and to Acmaeoblattidae by Durden (1969).
Dichronoblatta was named by Handlirsch (1906).

It was synonymized subjectively with Poroblattina by Schneider (1978) and Schneider (1983).

It was assigned to Mesoblattinidae by Handlirsch (1906) and Handlirsch (1920).
Nearoblatta was named by Handlirsch (1906).

It was synonymized subjectively with Poroblattina by Schneider (1978).

It was assigned to Mesoblattinidae by Handlirsch (1906) and Handlirsch (1920).
Brephoblatta was named by Handlirsch (1906).

It was synonymized subjectively with Poroblattina by Schneider (1978).

It was assigned to Diechoblattinidae by Handlirsch (1906) and Handlirsch (1920).
Nepioblatta was named by Handlirsch (1906).

It was synonymized subjectively with Poroblattina by Schneider (1978).

It was assigned to Diechoblattinidae by Handlirsch (1906) and Handlirsch (1920).
Epheboblatta was named by Handlirsch (1906).

It was synonymized subjectively with Poroblattina by Schneider (1978) and Schneider (1983).

It was assigned to Mesoblattinidae by Handlirsch (1906) and Handlirsch (1920).
Premnoblatta was named by Pruvost (1919).

It was synonymized subjectively with Poroblattina by Schneider (1978) and Schneider (1983).

It was assigned to Poroblattinidae by Pruvost (1919).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1885	Scutinoblattina Scudder
1885	Poroblattina Scudder p. 38
1885	Scutinoblattina brongniarti Scudder pp. 110-111
1885	Scutinoblattina intermedia Scudder p. 111
1885	Scutinoblattina recta Scudder p. 111
1886	Poroblattina Scudder p. 220
1886	Scutinoblattina Scudder p. 220
1890	Scutinoblattina brongniarti Scudder p. 469 figs. Pl 42, fig 5
1890	Scutinoblattina intermedia Scudder p. 470 figs. Pl 42, fig 4
1890	Scutinoblattina recta Scudder p. 470 figs. Pl 42, figs 3,16
1895	Poroblattina Scudder p. 135
1895	Poroblattina ohioensis Scudder pp. 138-139 figs. Pl 11 fig 11
1895	Scutinoblattina Scudder p. 144
1895	Scutinoblattina brongniarti Scudder p. 144
1895	Scutinoblattina intermedia Scudder p. 144
1895	Scutinoblattina recta Scudder p. 144
1906	Poroblattina Handlirsch p. 284
1906	Poroblattina brachyptera Handlirsch p. 284 figs. Pl XXIX fig 30
1906	Poroblattina lata Handlirsch p. 284 figs. Pl XXIX fig 31
1906	Poroblattina richmondiana Handlirsch p. 284 figs. Pl XXIX fig 32
1906	Autoblattina Handlirsch p. 288
1906	Acmaeoblatta Handlirsch p. 290
1906	Systoloblatta Handlirsch p. 290
1906	Systoloblatta ohioensis Handlirsch p. 290 figs. Pl XXX fig 13
1906	Dichronoblatta Handlirsch p. 291
1906	Nearoblatta Handlirsch p. 291
1906	Epheboblatta Handlirsch p. 379
1906	Scutinoblattina Handlirsch p. 379
1906	Scutinoblattina brongniarti Handlirsch p. 379 figs. Pl XXXVI fig 48
1906	Brephoblatta Handlirsch p. 380
1906	Brephoblatta recta Handlirsch p. 380 figs. Pl XXXVI fig 50
1906	Nepioblatta Handlirsch p. 380
1906	Nepioblatta intermedia Handlirsch p. 380 figs. Pl XXXVI fig 49
1906	Poroblattina brachyptera Handlirsch p. 791 fig. 99
1906	Poroblattina lata Handlirsch p. 792 fig. 100
1906	Poroblattina richmondiana Handlirsch p. 792 fig. 101
1906	Systoloblatta Handlirsch p. 792
1906	Acmaeoblatta Handlirsch p. 793
1906	Systoloblatta ohioensis Handlirsch p. 793
1906	Dichronoblatta Handlirsch p. 794
1906	Epheboblatta Handlirsch p. 794
1906	Nearoblatta Handlirsch p. 794
1906	Nepioblatta Handlirsch p. 795
1906	Nepioblatta intermedia Handlirsch p. 795
1906	Scutinoblattina brongniarti Handlirsch p. 795
1906	Brephoblatta Handlirsch p. 796
1906	Brephoblatta recta Handlirsch p. 796
1906	Poroblattina inversa Schlechtendal p. 286 figs. Pl XXIX fig 38
1906	Autoblattina Schlechtendal p. 288
1919	Premnoblatta Pruvost p. 240
1920	Autoblattina Handlirsch p. 458
1920	Poroblattina Handlirsch p. 458
1920	Poroblattina brachyptera Handlirsch p. 458
1920	Poroblattina inversa Handlirsch p. 458
1920	Poroblattina lata Handlirsch p. 458
1920	Poroblattina richmondiana Handlirsch p. 458
1920	Systoloblatta Handlirsch p. 458
1920	Systoloblatta ohioensis Handlirsch p. 458
1920	Acmaeoblatta Handlirsch p. 459
1920	Brephoblatta Handlirsch p. 459
1920	Brephoblatta recta Handlirsch p. 459
1920	Dichronoblatta Handlirsch p. 459
1920	Epheboblatta Handlirsch p. 459
1920	Nearoblatta Handlirsch p. 459
1920	Nepioblatta Handlirsch p. 459
1920	Nepioblatta intermedia Handlirsch p. 459
1920	Scutinoblattina Handlirsch p. 459
1920	Scutinoblattina brongniarti Handlirsch p. 459
1934	Acmaeoblatta Carpenter p. 340
1969	Acmaeoblatta Durden p. 1169
1978	Poroblattina Schneider p. 56
1983	Poroblattina Schneider p. 131
2004	Poroblattina Schneider et al. p. 253
2023	Poroblattina Correia et al. p. 244

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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

Rank	Name	Author
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Polyneoptera	Martynov 1938
—	Holopandictyoptera
superorder	Dictyoptera	Latreille 1829
order	Blattodea	(Latreille 1810)
family	Poroblattinidae
genus	Poroblattina

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. †Poroblattina Scudder 1885

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†Poroblattina anadiensis Correia et al. 2023

†Poroblattina arcuata Scudder 1885

†Poroblattina attenuata Scudder 1885

Invalid names: Acmaeoblatta lanceolata Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]

†Poroblattina carbonaria Carpenter 1934

†Poroblattina duffieuxi Pruvost 1919

Invalid names: Archimylacridae ovalis Handlirsch 1920 [synonym]

†Poroblattina germari Giebel 1856

Invalid names: Poroblattina virgulata Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym]

†Poroblattina lakesii Scudder 1885

†Poroblattina minima Scudder 1895

†Poroblattina parvula Goldenberg 1869

Invalid names: Acmaeoblatta carbonaria Carpenter 1934 [synonym], Autoblattina amoena Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Autoblattina difficilis Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Autoblattina gracilis Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Autoblattina jucunda Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Autoblattina schlechtendali Handlirsch 1920 [synonym], Blattoidea fallax Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Blattoidea inversa Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Drepanoblattina plicata Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Nearoblatta exarata Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Nearoblatta lakesii Scudder 1885 [synonym], Petrablattina hastata Scudder 1895 [synonym], Poroblattina ambigua Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina modesta Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina obscura Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina ornata Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina striolata Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina subtilis Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina tenera Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina varia Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym]

†Poroblattina rotundata Scudder 1885

Invalid names: Autoblattina elegans Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Gerablattina minima Scudder 1895 [synonym], Nearoblatta pygmaea Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina debilis Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina incerta Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina longula Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina nervosa Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina rastrata Handlirsch 1920 [synonym], Poroblattina undosa Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym]

Invalid names: Acmaeoblatta Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Autoblattina Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Brephoblatta Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Dichronoblatta Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Epheboblatta Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Nearoblatta Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Nepioblatta Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina brachyptera Handlirsch 1906 [nomen dubium], Poroblattina inversa Schlechtendal 1906 [nomen dubium], Poroblattina lata Handlirsch 1906 [nomen dubium], Poroblattina ohioensis Scudder 1895 [nomen dubium], Poroblattina richmondiana Handlirsch 1906 [nomen dubium], Premnoblatta Pruvost 1919 [synonym], Scutinoblattina Scudder 1885 [synonym], Scutinoblattina brongniarti Scudder 1885 [nomen dubium], Scutinoblattina intermedia Scudder 1885 [nomen dubium], Scutinoblattina recta Scudder 1885 [nomen dubium], Systoloblatta Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]

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 Westphalian D to the top of the Asselian or 309.80000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections (11 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Westphalian C - Westphalian D	314.6 - 307.5	France	Archimylacridae indet. (151689)
Westphalian D	309.8 - 307.5	France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais)	Archimylacridae indet. (151696)
Stephanian	307.5 - 300.4	USA (Ohio)	Gerablattina minima, P. ohioensis, P. brachyptera, P. lata, P. richmondiana, Acmaeoblatta lanceolata (123812)
Stephanian B	301.5 - 301.0	Morocco	P. sp. (155292)
Stephanian C	301.0 - 300.4	USA (Pennsylvania)	Acmaeoblatta carbonaria (144528)
Stephanian C	301.0 - 300.4	Germany (Saxony-Anhalt)	Blatta germari, Drepanoblattina plicata, P. tenera, P. incerta, P. debilis, P. subtilis, P. varia, P. obscura, P. longula, P. ambigua, P. ornata, P. striolata, P. modesta, P. nervosa, Autoblattina amoena, Autoblattina elegans, Autoblattina gracilis, Autoblattina difficilis, Autoblattina jucunda, Nearoblatta pygmaea, Blattoidea inversa, Blattoidea fallax, P. sp. (122578) Blattina parvula, P. undosa, P. inversa, P. virgulata, Nearoblatta exarata, Autoblattina sp. (122579)
Stephanian C	301.0 - 300.4	Portugal	P. anadiensis (229589)
Asselian	298.9 - 295.5	USA (West Virginia)	Petrablattina hastata (122604)
Asselian	298.9 - 295.5	USA (Colorado)	P. arcuata, P. lakesii, Neorthroblattina lakesii, Neorthroblattina rotundata, Neorthroblattina attenuata, Scutinoblattina brongniarti, Scutinoblattina intermedia, Scutinoblattina recta (106345)
Asselian	298.9 - 295.5	USA (New Mexico)	P. rotundata, P. parvula (124386)