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Phyloblatta abdicata

Insecta - Phyloblattidae

Taxonomy
Gerablattina abdicata was named by Scudder (1895). Its type specimen is USNM 38065, a tegmen (fragment of tegmen), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Cassville, which is in an Asselian terrestrial shale in the Cassville Shales Formation of West Virginia.

It was recombined as Phyloblatta abdicata by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1920) and Handlirsch (1922).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Gerablattina abdicata Scudder pp. 118-119 figs. Pl 10 fig 6
1906Phyloblatta abdicata Handlirsch p. 355 figs. Pl XXXV fig 16
1920Phyloblatta abdicata Handlirsch p. 444
1922Phyloblatta abdicata Handlirsch p. 139

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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
speciesabdicata()

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 abdicata Scudder 1895
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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: Asselian or 298.90000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (West Virginia) Gerablattina abdicata (type locality: 122604)