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Piniblattella limai

Insecta - Blattodea - Ectobiidae

Taxonomy
Mesoblattina limai was named by Pinto and Purper (1986). Its type specimen is MP-I-6400, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Fazenda Sta. Rita, Araripe Basin, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large limestone in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

It was recombined as Piniblattella limai by Lee (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Mesoblattina limai Pinto and Purper pp. 6-7 figs. Pl I, II
2004Mesoblattina limai Vršanský p. 51
2016Piniblattella limai Lee p. 441 fig. 8

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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
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
superfamilyBlaberoidea
familyEctobiidae()
genusPiniblattella
specieslimai()

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.

Piniblattella limai Pinto and Purper 1986
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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: Late/Upper Aptian or 122.46000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (Ceara) Mesoblattina limai (34899)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (Pernambuco) Mesoblattina limai (type locality: 123490)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (Ceará) Mesoblattina limai (122557 140371)