Samaroblatta africanum Haughton 1924 (cockroach)

Insecta - Blattaria - Caloblattinidae

Alternative combination: Striatotegmen africanum

Full reference: S. H. Haughton. 1924. The fauna and stratigraphy of the Stormberg Series. Annals of the South African Museum 12:323-497

Belongs to Samaroblatta according to E. F. Riek 1976

See also Haughton 1924

Sister taxa: Samaroblatta acuminata, Samaroblatta blabelloides, Samaroblatta corrientesina, Samaroblatta fronda, Samaroblatta frondoidis, Samaroblatta gausis, Samaroblatta gualoensis, Samaroblatta incompleta, Samaroblatta intercalata, Samaroblatta jonesi, Samaroblatta kuznetskiensis, Samaroblatta nitida, Samaroblatta parvula, Samaroblatta reticulata, Samaroblatta rhypha, Samaroblatta tillyardi, Samaroblatta tomica, Samaroblatta triassica, Samaroblatta turanica, Samaroblatta wangyingziensis, Samaroblatta zhouyingziensis

Type specimen: SAM 5634, a tegmen. Its type locality is Siberia, Wodehouse, which is in a Sinemurian terrestrial shale in the Clarens Formation of South Africa.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Siberia, Wodehouse

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