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Xenoblatta ornatissima

Insecta - Phyloblattidae

Taxonomy
Etoblattina ornatissima was named by Deichmüller (1887). Its type specimen is SMF VI 2a, a tegmen, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Grügelborn near St. Wendel, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian terrestrial shale in Germany.

It was recombined as Deichmuelleria ornatissima by Handlirsch (1906); it was recombined as Phyloblatta ornatissima by Handlirsch (1920), Handlirsch (1922) and Guthörl (1934); it was recombined as Xenoblatta ornatissima by Schneider (1978) and Schneider (1983).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Etoblattina ornatissima Deichmüller p. 90 figs. Pl 3 fig 1
1906Deichmuelleria ornatissima Handlirsch p. 353 figs. Pl XXXV fig 5
1906Blattoidea constricta Handlirsch p. 381 figs. Pl XXXVI fig 53
1920Phyloblatta ornatissima Handlirsch p. 443
1922Phyloblatta ornatissima Handlirsch p. 138
1934Phyloblatta ornatissima Guthörl pp. 125-126 figs. 74; Pl 19 fig 3
1978Xenoblatta ornatissima Schneider p. 17 figs. Pl. 31/32, Fig. 5
1983Xenoblatta ornatissima Schneider p. 126

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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
genusXenoblatta
speciesornatissima()

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.

†Xenoblatta ornatissima Deichmüller 1887
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Invalid names: Blattoidea constricta Handlirsch 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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Sakmarian or 298.90000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Germany Blattoidea constricta, Xenoblatta ornatissima (127934)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Etoblattina ornatissima (type locality: 127936)