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Phyloblatta obatra

Insecta - Phyloblattidae

Taxonomy
Etoblattina obatra was named by Scudder (1895). Its type specimen is USNM 38087, a 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 obatra by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1920) and Handlirsch (1922).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Etoblattina obatra Scudder pp. 103-104 figs. Pl 9 fig 5
1906Phyloblatta obatra Handlirsch p. 358 figs. Pl XXXV fig 27
1920Phyloblatta obatra Handlirsch p. 444
1922Phyloblatta obatra Handlirsch p. 140

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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
speciesobatra()

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 obatra Scudder 1895
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Diagnosis
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