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Phyloblatta occidentalis

Insecta - Phyloblattidae

Taxonomy
Etoblattina occidentalis was named by Scudder (1890). Its type specimen is USNM 38071, a tegmen, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Old fair ground, Lawrence, which is in a Kasimovian estuary/bay shale in the Lawrence Shale Formation of Kansas.

It was recombined as Phyloblatta occidentalis by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1920), Handlirsch (1922), Schneider (1983), Belahmira et al. (2019) and Schneider et al. (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Etoblattina occidentalis Scudder p. 410 figs. Pl 32, fig 4
1895Etoblattina occidentalis Scudder p. 76
1906Phyloblatta occidentalis Handlirsch p. 205 figs. Pl XXI fig 16
1908Etoblattina obscura Sellards p. 509 figs. Pl LXX fig 5; Pl LXXIX figs 1,2; Pl LXXXI figs 2, 4; Pl LXXXIII figs 1, 2
1908Etoblattina fulva Sellards p. 512 figs. Pl LXX figs 4, 6, 9; Pl LXXIX fig 3; Pl LXXXI figs 3, 6
1908Etoblattina occidentalis Sellards p. 512 figs. Pl LXX fis 1,2; Pl LXXVIII fig 3; Pl LXXIX fig 4
1920Phyloblatta fulva Handlirsch p. 442
1920Phyloblatta fulvana Handlirsch p. 442
1920Phyloblatta fulvella Handlirsch p. 442
1920Phyloblatta occidentalis Handlirsch p. 442
1920Phyloblatta lugubris Handlirsch p. 443
1920Phyloblatta magna Handlirsch p. 443
1920Phyloblatta obscura Handlirsch p. 443
1921Etoblattina parva Meunier p. 149 figs. Pl 18, fig 9; text-fig 126
1921Etoblattina queribunda Meunier p. 149 figs. Pl 18, fig 10; text-fig 127
1921Etoblattina flebilis Meunier p. 150 figs. Pl 18, fig 11; text-fig 128
1921Etoblattina fluminis Meunier p. 151 figs. Pl 19, fig 1; text-fig 131
1921Etoblattina vulpis Meunier p. 151 figs. Pl 18, fig 13; text-fig 130
1921Etoblattina aemuli Meunier p. 152 figs. Pl 19, fig 2; text-fig 132
1921Etoblattina subtilis Meunier p. 153 figs. Pl 19, fig 3; text-fig 133
1922Phyloblatta fulvana Handlirsch p. 136
1922Phyloblatta occidentalis Handlirsch p. 136
1922Phyloblatta fulva Handlirsch p. 137
1922Phyloblatta fulvella Handlirsch p. 137
1922Phyloblatta lugubris Handlirsch p. 137
1922Phyloblatta magna Handlirsch p. 137
1922Phyloblatta obscura Handlirsch p. 137
1983Phyloblatta parva Schneider p. 78 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-4; pl 5, fig 3; text-fig 94
1983Phyloblatta fulva Schneider p. 120
1983Phyloblatta obscura Schneider p. 120
1983Phyloblatta occidentalis Schneider p. 120
1983Phyloblatta parva Schneider p. 120
2019Phyloblatta occidentalis Belahmira et al. p. 952 figs. 7.1, 8-12
2021Phyloblatta occidentalis Schneider et al. p. 262

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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
speciesoccidentalis()

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 occidentalis Scudder 1890
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Invalid names: Etoblattina flebilis Meunier 1921 [synonym], Etoblattina fulva Sellards 1908 [synonym], Etoblattina obscura Sellards 1908 [synonym], Etoblattina parva Meunier 1921 [synonym], Etoblattina queribunda Meunier 1921 [synonym], Etoblattina subtilis Meunier 1921 [synonym], Etoblattina vulpis Meunier 1921 [synonym], Phyloblatta fulvana Handlirsch 1920 [synonym], Phyloblatta fulvella Handlirsch 1920 [synonym], Phyloblatta lugubris Handlirsch 1920 [synonym], Phyloblatta magna Handlirsch 1920 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available