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Progonoblattina helvetica

Insecta - Blattodea - Gyroblattidae

Taxonomy
Blattina helvetica was named by Heer (1864). It is an impression. Its type locality is Lower quarry of Erbignon, which is in a Westphalian/Stephanian terrestrial schist in Switzerland. It is the type species of Progonoblattina.

It was recombined as Archoblattina helvetica by Schneider (1983); it was recombined as Progonoblattina helvetica by Scudder (1879), Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1922) and Schneider and Rößler (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Blattina helvetica Heer p. 291 fig. 1
1879Progonoblattina helvetica Scudder p. 119 figs. Pl 3 fig 10
1903Necymylacris boulei Agnus p. 273
1904Etoblattina steinmannii Sterzel p. LXXI figs. Pl 1, fig 2
1906Eumorphoblatta boulei Handlirsch p. 196
1906Sterzelia steinmanni Handlirsch p. 197
1906Progonoblattina helvetica Handlirsch p. 229 figs. Pl XXIV fig 5
1906Progonoblattina heeri Handlirsch p. 230 figs. Pl XXIV fig 6
1906Etoblattina fontanensis Meunier p. 83 fig. 1
1908Phyloblatta fontanensis Handlirsch p. 1349
1920Eumorphoblatta boulei Handlirsch p. 438
1920Sterzelia steinmanni Handlirsch p. 439
1920Phyloblatta fontanensis Handlirsch p. 441
1921Necymylacris boulei Meunier p. 87 figs. Pl 11, fig 8; text-fig 32
1922Eumorphoblatta boulei Handlirsch p. 121
1922Progonoblattina heeri Handlirsch p. 122
1922Progonoblattina helvetica Handlirsch p. 122
1922Sterzelia steinmanni Handlirsch p. 122
1922Phyloblatta fontanensis Handlirsch p. 129
1950Phyloblatta fontaniensis Laurentiaux
1950Phyloblatta fontanensis Laurentiaux p. 70 figs. Pl 2, fig 1
1950Bertrandiblatta inexpectata Laurentiaux p. 71 figs. Pl 1, fig 1
1950Platyblattina maxima Laurentiaux p. 73 figs. Pl 3, fig 1
1950Livetiblatta incerta Laurentiaux p. 74 figs. Pl 4, fig 1
1950Platyblattina ampla Laurentiaux p. 74 figs. Pl 3, fig 3
1960Sterzelia lamurensis Laurentiaux p. 137 fig. 2,3
1963Guichenbachia gigantea Guthörl p. 249 figs. Pl 27, fig 2; pl 28, fig 2; text-fig 2
1966Dysmenes idoneus Laurentiaux p. 189 fig. 1,2
1983Anthracoblattina meganalis Brauckmann and Hahn p. 70 fig. 1
1983Archoblattina boulei Schneider p. 88 figs. Pl 4, fig 10; pl 6, fig 3
1983Archoblattina fontaniensis Schneider p. 118
1983Archoblattina maxima Schneider p. 118
1983Archoblattina boulei Schneider p. 119
1983Archoblattina helvetica Schneider p. 119
2023Progonoblattina helvetica Schneider and Rößler p. 7 figs. 5, 10-15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
familyGyroblattidae
genusProgonoblattina
specieshelvetica()

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.

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Invalid names: Anthracoblattina meganalis Brauckmann and Hahn 1983 [synonym], Bertrandiblatta inexpectata Laurentiaux 1950 [synonym], Dysmenes idoneus Laurentiaux 1966 [synonym], Etoblattina fontanensis Meunier 1906 [synonym], Etoblattina steinmannii Sterzel 1904 [synonym], Guichenbachia gigantea Guthörl 1963 [synonym], Livetiblatta incerta Laurentiaux 1950 [synonym], Necymylacris boulei Agnus 1903 [synonym], Platyblattina ampla Laurentiaux 1950 [synonym], Platyblattina maxima Laurentiaux 1950 [synonym], Progonoblattina heeri Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Sterzelia lamurensis Laurentiaux 1960 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available