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Olethroblatta

Insecta - Spiloblattinidae

Taxonomy

Olethroblatta was named by Handlirsch (1906).

It was assigned to Archimylacridae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1920), Handlirsch (1922), Cockerell (1927) and Guthörl (1934); and to Spiloblattininae by Becker-Migdisova (1961).

Species

O. americana, O. lineolata, O. minuta, O. tomiensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1906	Olethroblatta Handlirsch p. 230
1920	Olethroblatta Handlirsch p. 445
1922	Olethroblatta Handlirsch p. 143
1927	Olethroblatta Cockerell p. 394
1934	Olethroblatta Guthörl p. 130
1961	Olethroblatta Becker-Migdisova p. 149

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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
—	Eoblattodea	()
family	Spiloblattinidae
genus	Olethroblatta

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. †Olethroblatta Handlirsch 1906

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†Olethroblatta americana Handlirsch 1906

†Olethroblatta lineolata Cockerell 1927

†Olethroblatta minuta Guthorl 1930

†Olethroblatta tomiensis Becker-Migdisova 1961

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 C to the top of the Artinskian or 314.60000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Moscovian	315.2 - 307.0	USA (Maryland)	O. lineolata (124496)
Westphalian C - Westphalian D	314.6 - 307.5	USA (Pennsylvania)	O. americana (114456)
Asselian - Sakmarian	298.9 - 290.1	Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate)	O. minuta (122606)
Artinskian	290.1 - 279.3	Russian Federation	O. tomiensis (124594)