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Phyloblatta splendens

Insecta - Phyloblattidae

Taxonomy
Phyloblatta splendens was named by Schlechtendal (1906). Its type specimen is MH 304, a tegmen, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Wettin, which is in a Stephanian C terrestrial shale in the Ottweiler Stufe Formation of Germany.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Asemoblatta gemella Handlirsch p. 204 figs. Pl XXI fig 13
1906Phyloblatta exilis Handlirsch p. 214 figs. Pl XXII fig 22
1906Asemoblatta gemella Schlechtendal p. 204 figs. Pl 21, fig 13
1906Phyloblatta splendens Schlechtendal p. 208 figs. Pl 22, fig 1
1906Phyloblatta modica Schlechtendal p. 211 figs. Pl 22, fig 12
1906Phyloblatta exilis Schlechtendal p. 214 figs. Pl 22, fig 22
1906Phyloblatta honesta Schlechtendal p. 214 figs. Pl 22, fig 23
1920Phyloblatta exilis Handlirsch p. 442
1920Phyloblatta honesta Handlirsch p. 442
1920Phyloblatta modica Handlirsch p. 442
1920Phyloblatta splendens Handlirsch p. 442
1920Asemoblatta gemella Handlirsch p. 445
1922Phyloblatta honesta Handlirsch p. 133
1922Phyloblatta splendens Handlirsch p. 133
1922Phyloblatta exilis Handlirsch p. 135
1922Phyloblatta modica Handlirsch p. 135
1922Asemoblatta gemella Handlirsch p. 145
1978Phyloblatta splendens Schneider p. 13 figs. Pl 13/14; pl 15/16, fig 2
1983Phyloblatta splendens Schneider p. 120
2004Phyloblatta splendens Schneider et al. p. 250 figs. 5A-B

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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
superfamilyBlattuloidea
familyPhyloblattidae
genusPhyloblatta
speciessplendens

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.

†Phyloblatta splendens Schlechtendal 1906
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Invalid names: Asemoblatta gemella Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Phyloblatta exilis Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Phyloblatta honesta Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Phyloblatta modica Schlechtendal 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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Stephanian C to the top of the Asselian or 301.00000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stephanian C301.0 - 300.4Germany (Saxony-Anhalt) Asemoblatta gemella, Phyloblatta modica, Phyloblatta exilis (122579) Phyloblatta splendens (125736) Phyloblatta splendens, Phyloblatta honesta (type locality: 122578)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (New Mexico) Phyloblatta splendens (124386)