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Discoblatta scholfieldi

Insecta - Xenoblattidae

Taxonomy
Etoblattina scholfieldi was named by Scudder (1893). Its type specimen is USNM38076, a forewing (Forewing Fragment), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Silver Spring, East Providence (Scholfield coll), which is in a Westphalian C/Westphalian D terrestrial horizon in the Allegheny Formation of Rhode Island.

It was recombined as Discoblatta scholfieldi by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1920), Handlirsch (1922) and Durden (1984).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Etoblattina scholfieldi Scudder p. 15 figs. Pl II b
1895Etoblattina scholfieldi Scudder p. 70 figs. Pl IV fig 7
1906Discoblatta scholfieldi Handlirsch p. 235 figs. Pl XXIV fig 21
1920Discoblatta scholfieldi Handlirsch p. 446
1922Discoblatta scholfieldi Handlirsch p. 146
1984Discoblatta scholfieldi Durden p. 179 figs. Pl 3, fig 10

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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
Eoblattodea()
superfamilyPhoberoblattoidea
familyXenoblattidae
genusDiscoblatta
speciesscholfieldi()

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.

Discoblatta scholfieldi Scudder 1893
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Diagnosis
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