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Xenoblatta

Insecta - Phyloblattidae

Taxonomy

Xenoblatta was named by Handlirsch (1906).

It was assigned to Archimylacridae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1920), Handlirsch (1922) and Schneider (1978); to Archimylacrinae by Hong (1985); and to Phyloblattidae by Schneider (1983), Schneider (1983), Brauckmann (1993) and Schneider et al. (2004).

Species

Friedrichsthalia blatteri, X. adjuncta, X. alykaevensis, X. blatteri, X. brevicubitalis, X. columbiana, X. curta, X. curviramosa, X. deichmuelleri, X. fonsecai, X. fraterna, X. grosjeani, X. incelebrata, X. kuznetskiensis, X. leptophlebica, X. longa, X. martynovi, X. muetzei, X. ornatissima (syn. Blattoidea constricta), X. parvitatis (syn. Etoblattina minuscula, Etoblattina retrorsa), X. pennsylvanica, X. ploetziana, X. primaeva, X. propria, X. pygmaea, X. russoma (syn. Phyloblatta exasperata, Phyloblatta loebejuna, Cardioblatta fritschi, Phyloblatta monstruosa, X. mendica, Phyloblatta anomala, Phyloblatta credneriana, Phyloblatta corrugata, Phyloblatta giebeliana, Phyloblatta tristis, Phyloblatta generosa, Phyloblatta confusa, Phyloblatta rugulosa, Phyloblatta regia, Phyloblatta efferata, Phyloblatta robusta, Phyloblatta curta), X. simoniana, X. tomiensis, X. triangularis, X. uniformis, X. visenda

Synonyms

Cardioblatta was named by Handlirsch (1906).

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

It was assigned to Archimylacridae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1920) and Handlirsch (1922).
Friedrichsthalia was named by Guthörl (1930).

It was synonymized subjectively with Phyloblatta by Waterlot (1934); it was synonymized subjectively with Xenoblatta by Schneider (1983).

It was assigned to Archimylacridae by Guthörl (1930) and Guthörl (1934); and to Adeloblattidae by Durden (1969).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1906	Cardioblatta Handlirsch p. 231
1906	Xenoblatta Handlirsch p. 231
1920	Cardioblatta Handlirsch p. 446
1920	Xenoblatta Handlirsch p. 446
1922	Xenoblatta Handlirsch p. 146
1922	Cardioblatta Handlirsch p. 147
1930	Friedrichsthalia Guthörl p. 158
1934	Friedrichsthalia Guthörl p. 122
1969	Friedrichsthalia Durden p. 1170
1978	Xenoblatta Schneider p. 15
1983	Xenoblatta Schneider p. 81
1985	Xenoblatta Hong p. 504
1993	Xenoblatta Brauckmann p. 116
2004	Xenoblatta Schneider et al. p. 251

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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
superfamily	Blattuloidea
family	Phyloblattidae
genus	Xenoblatta

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. †Xenoblatta Handlirsch 1906

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†Xenoblatta adjuncta Becker-Migdisova 1961

†Xenoblatta alykaevensis Becker-Migdisova 1961

†Xenoblatta blatteri Guthörl 1930

†Xenoblatta brevicubitalis Sellards 1908

†Xenoblatta columbiana Scudder 1895

†Xenoblatta curta Sellards 1908

†Xenoblatta curviramosa Becker-Migdisova 1961

†Xenoblatta deichmuelleri Geinitz 1880

†Xenoblatta fonsecai Teixeira 1946

†Xenoblatta fraterna Scudder 1893

†Xenoblatta grosjeani Laurentiaux 1950

†Xenoblatta incelebrata Becker-Migdisova 1961

†Xenoblatta kuznetskiensis Becker-Migdisova 1961

†Xenoblatta leptophlebica Goldenberg 1869

†Xenoblatta longa Hong 1985

†Xenoblatta martynovi Becker-Migdisova 1961

†Xenoblatta muetzei Schneider 1978

†Xenoblatta ornatissima Deichmüller 1887

Invalid names: Blattoidea constricta Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]

†Xenoblatta parvitatis Meunier 1921

Invalid names: Etoblattina minuscula Meunier 1921 [synonym], Etoblattina retrorsa Meunier 1921 [synonym]

†Xenoblatta pennsylvanica Carpenter 1934

†Xenoblatta ploetziana Schneider 1978

†Xenoblatta primaeva Goldenberg 1854

†Xenoblatta propria Kliver 1883

†Xenoblatta pygmaea Meunier 1921

†Xenoblatta russoma Goldenberg 1869

Invalid names: Cardioblatta fritschi Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Phyloblatta anomala Schlechtendal 1912 [synonym], Phyloblatta confusa Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Phyloblatta corrugata Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Phyloblatta credneriana Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Phyloblatta curta Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Phyloblatta efferata Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Phyloblatta exasperata Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Phyloblatta generosa Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Phyloblatta giebeliana von Schlechtendal 1913 [synonym], Phyloblatta loebejuna Handlirsch 1920 [synonym], Phyloblatta monstruosa Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Phyloblatta regia Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Phyloblatta robusta Kliver 1883 [synonym], Phyloblatta rugulosa Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Phyloblatta tristis Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Xenoblatta mendica Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym]

†Xenoblatta simoniana Schneider 1978

†Xenoblatta tomiensis Becker-Migdisova 1961

†Xenoblatta triangularis Becker-Migdisova 1961

†Xenoblatta uniformis Scudder 1895

†Xenoblatta visenda Becker-Migdisova 1961

Invalid names: Cardioblatta Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Friedrichsthalia Guthörl 1930 [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 Westphalian D to the top of the Sakmarian or 309.80000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (20 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Westphalian	318.7 - 307.5	Germany (Saarbrücken)	Friedrichsthalia blatteri (124243)
Westphalian C - Westphalian D	314.6 - 307.5	USA (Rhode Island)	Gerablattina fraterna (112704)
Westphalian D	309.8 - 307.5	USA (Pennsylvania)	Phyloblatta pennsylvanica (124504)
Cantabrian	307.5 - 305.1	Spain	X. n. sp. 1 (227130)
Gzhelian	303.7 - 298.9	Russian Federation	Phyloblatta adjuncta, Phyloblatta visenda (124592) Phyloblatta incelebrata, Phyloblatta tomiensis (124586) Phyloblatta martynovi (124585)
Gzhelian	303.7 - 298.9	France	Etoblattina parvitatis, Etoblattina minuscula, Etoblattina retrorsa (121979)
Stephanian C	301.0 - 300.4	Portugal	Phyloblatta fonsecai (229799)
Stephanian C	301.0 - 300.4	Germany (Saxony-Anhalt)	Blattina anaglyptica (153702) Blattina russoma, Blattina leptophlebica, Phyloblatta tristis, Phyloblatta credneriana, Phyloblatta exasperata, Phyloblatta sp. (122579) Phyloblatta efferata, Phyloblatta rugulosa, Phyloblatta curta, Phyloblatta corrugata, Phyloblatta monstruosa, Phyloblatta regia, Phyloblatta generosa, Phyloblatta confusa, Mylacridium fritschi, Cardioblatta fritschi, X. mendica, X. muetzei (122578)
Stephanian C	301.0 - 300.4	Germany	Phyloblatta corrugata, Phyloblatta generosa, Cardioblatta fritschi, Phyloblatta amabilis (172340) X. ploetziana, X. russoma, X. muetzei, X. simoniana (111009)
Asselian	298.9 - 295.5	USA (New Mexico)	X. ploetziana (124386) X. sp. (124385)
Asselian - Sakmarian	298.9 - 290.1	Germany	Blattoidea constricta, X. ornatissima (127934)
Asselian - Sakmarian	298.9 - 290.1	Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate)	Etoblattina ornatissima (127936)
Sakmarian	293.52 - 290.1	Germany	Blattina deichmuelleri (122580)
Sakmarian	293.52 - 290.1	China (Shanxi)	X. longa (140455)