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Blattinopsis

Insecta - Paoliida - Blattinopsidae

Taxonomy

Blattinopsis was named by Giebel (1867). It is the type genus of Blattinopsidae.

It was assigned to Oryctoblattinidae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1919) and Handlirsch (1922); and to Blattinopsidae by Bolton (1925), Guthörl (1934), Laurentiaux (1950), Kukalová (1959), Müller (1977), Carpenter (1992), Hörnschemeyer and Stapf (2001) and Rasnitsyn and Aristov (2021).

Synonyms

Oryctoblattina was named by Scudder (1879) [possibly 1878]. It is not extant. Its type is Oryctoblattina laqueata.

It was synonymized objectively with Blattinopsis by Müller (1977), Carpenter (1992) and Hörnschemeyer and Stapf (2001).

It was assigned to Blattinariae by Scudder (1879), Scudder (1885), Scudder (1886) and Scudder (1895); and to Oryctoblattinidae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1919) and Handlirsch (1922).
Blattinopsis (Blattinopsis) was named by Giebel (1867).

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Blattinopsis by Hörnschemeyer and Stapf (2001).

It was assigned to Blattinopsis by Müller (1977).
Anadyomene was named by von Fritsch (1899). Its type is Anadyomene huysseni.

It was replaced with Anadyomenella by Strand (1929); it was synonymized subjectively with Blattinopsis by Müller (1977), Carpenter (1992) and Hörnschemeyer and Stapf (2001).

It was assigned to Oryctoblattinidae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1919) and Handlirsch (1922).
Oryctomylabris was named by Handlirsch (1906).

It was synonymized subjectively with Blattinopsis by Müller (1977), Carpenter (1992) and Hörnschemeyer and Stapf (2001).

It was assigned to Oryctoblattinidae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1919) and Handlirsch (1922).
Pseudofulgora was named by Handlirsch (1906).

It was synonymized subjectively with Blattinopsis by Müller (1977), Carpenter (1992) and Hörnschemeyer and Stapf (2001).

It was assigned to Oryctoblattinidae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1919) and Handlirsch (1922).
Megablattina was named by Brongniart (1885).

It was synonymized objectively with Fulgorina by Durden (1969); it was synonymized subjectively with Blattinopsis by Hörnschemeyer and Stapf (2001).
Palaeoricanites was named by Haupt (1941). Its type is Blattinopsis anthracina.

It was synonymized subjectively with Blattinopsis by Müller (1977), Carpenter (1992) and Hörnschemeyer and Stapf (2001).
Anadyomenella was named by Strand (1929).

It was synonymized subjectively with Blattinopsis by Carpenter (1992).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1867	Blattinopsis (Blattinopsis) Giebel
1867	Blattinopsis Giebel p. 417
1879	Oryctoblattina Scudder p. 121
1885	Megablattina Brongniart p. 58
1885	Oryctoblattina Scudder p. 37
1886	Oryctoblattina Scudder p. 220
1895	Oryctoblattina Scudder p. 133
1899	Anadyomene von Fritsch p. 45
1906	Oryctoblattina Handlirsch p. 156
1906	Blattinopsis Handlirsch p. 157
1906	Anadyomene Handlirsch p. 160
1906	Oryctomylabris Handlirsch p. 346
1906	Pseudofulgora Handlirsch p. 347
1919	Blattinopsis Handlirsch p. 560
1919	Oryctoblattina Handlirsch p. 560
1919	Anadyomene Handlirsch p. 561
1919	Oryctomylabris Handlirsch p. 561
1919	Pseudofulgora Handlirsch p. 561
1922	Oryctoblattina Handlirsch p. 99
1922	Blattinopsis Handlirsch p. 100
1922	Anadyomene Handlirsch p. 101
1922	Oryctomylabris Handlirsch p. 102
1922	Pseudofulgora Handlirsch p. 102
1925	Blattinopsis Bolton p. 23
1929	Anadyomenella Strand p. 19
1934	Blattinopsis Guthörl p. 103
1941	Palaeoricanites Haupt p. 90
1950	Blattinopsis Laurentiaux p. 66
1959	Blattinopsis Kukalová p. 5
1977	Blattinopsis Müller p. 1030
1977	Blattinopsis (Blattinopsis) Müller p. 1030
1992	Blattinopsis Carpenter p. 103
2001	Blattinopsis Hörnschemeyer and Stapf p. 90
2021	Blattinopsis Rasnitsyn and Aristov p. 6

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta

Rank	Name	Author
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Polyneoptera	Martynov 1938
order	Paoliida
family	Blattinopsidae
genus	Blattinopsis

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.

G. †Blattinopsis Giebel 1867

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†Blattinopsis americana Handlirsch 1906

†Blattinopsis anthracina Handlirsch 1906

†Blattinopsis antoniana Kukalová 1959

†Blattinopsis arnhardti Müller 1977

†Blattinopsis augustai Kukalová 1959

†Blattinopsis campestris Kukalová 1965

†Blattinopsis confusa Handlirsch 1937

†Blattinopsis ebersi Dohrn 1867

†Blattinopsis fimbriata Bolton 1925

†Blattinopsis goldenbergi Brongniart 1885

†Blattinopsis huysseni von Fritsch 1899

†Blattinopsis indefinitus Rasnitsyn and Aristov 2021

†Blattinopsis kukalovae Carpenter 1966

†Blattinopsis laqueata Scudder 1895

†Blattinopsis latipennis Handlirsch 1906

†Blattinopsis latissima Kukalová 1959

†Blattinopsis major Handlirsch 1937

†Blattinopsis martynovae Kukalová 1959

†Blattinopsis ornata Bolton 1925

†Blattinopsis ovalis Brongniart 1894

†Blattinopsis postuma Haupt 1952

†Blattinopsis postumus Haupt 1952

†Blattinopsis reticulata Germar 1851

†Blattinopsis seberi Hörnschemeyer and Stapf 2001

†Blattinopsis tardefurcata Müller 1977

†Blattinopsis taschenbergi Schlechtendal 1906

Invalid names: Anadyomene von Fritsch 1899 [synonym], Anadyomenella Strand 1929 [synonym], Blattinopsis (Blattinopsis) Giebel 1867 [invalid subgroup], Megablattina Brongniart 1885 [synonym], Oryctoblattina Scudder 1879 [objective synonym], Oryctomylabris Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Palaeoricanites Haupt 1941 [synonym], Pseudofulgora Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available