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Poroblattina

Insecta - Poroblattinidae

Taxonomy

Poroblattina was named by Scudder (1885) [type species unclear]. It is not extant. Its type is Poroblattina arcuata. It is the type genus of Poroblattinidae.

It was assigned to Blattinariae by Scudder (1885), Scudder (1886), Scudder (1895); and to Poroblattinidae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1920), Schneider (1978), Schneider (1983), Schneider et al. (2004), Correia et al. (2023), Belahmira et al. (2025).

Species

Nearoblatta rotundata, P. arcuata (type species), P. attenuata, P. carbonaria, P. duffieuxi (syn. Archimylacridae ovalis), P. germari (syn. Blattina parvula, Nearoblatta lakesii, P. tenera, Scutinoblattina intermedia, P. ornata, Autoblattina difficilis, P. ambigua, Autoblattina gracilis, Acmaeoblatta carbonaria, Anthracoblattina virginiensis, Drepanoblattina plicata, P. varia, P. striolata, P. modesta, P. obscura, Autoblattina amoena, Autoblattina schlechtendali, P. subtilis, Nearoblatta exarata, Petrablattina hastata, Autoblattina jucunda, P. virgulata, Blattoidea fallax, Blattoidea inversa), P. inversa, P. minima, P. rotundata (syn. P. nervosa, Gerablattina minima, Scutinoblattina brongniarti, Nearoblatta pygmaea, P. undosa, P. incerta, P. rastrata, Neorthroblattina attenuata, Autoblattina elegans, P. lakesii, Gerablattina rotundata, P. debilis, Etoblattina mucronata, P. ohioensis, Acmaeoblatta lanceolata, P. brachyptera, P. longula, P. lata, P. richmondiana), Premnoblatta duffieuxi

Synonyms

Scutinoblattina was named by Scudder (1885).

It was synonymized subjectively with Poroblattina by Schneider (1978), Belahmira et al. (2025).

It was assigned to Neoblattariae by Scudder (1886), Scudder (1895); and to Mesoblattinidae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1920).
Drepanoblattina was named by Schlechtendal (1906).

It was synonymized subjectively with Poroblattina by Belahmira et al. (2025).

It was assigned to Archimylacridae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1920), Handlirsch (1922); and to Poroblattinidae by Becker-Migdisova (1961).
Poroblattina inversa was named by Schlechtendal (1906). It is an impression. Its type locality is Löbejün, which is in a Stephanian C terrestrial shale in the Ottweiler Stufe Formation of Germany.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Schneider (1978), Belahmira et al. (2025).
Autoblattina was named by Schlechtendal (1906).

It was synonymized subjectively with Poroblattina by Schneider (1978), Belahmira et al. (2025).

It was assigned to Poroblattinidae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1920).
Systoloblatta was named by Handlirsch (1906).

It was synonymized subjectively with Poroblattina by Schneider (1978), Belahmira et al. (2025).

It was assigned to Poroblattinidae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1920).
Acmaeoblatta was named by Handlirsch (1906).

It was synonymized subjectively with Poroblattina by Schneider (1978), Belahmira et al. (2025).

It was assigned to Mesoblattinidae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1920), Carpenter (1934); and to Acmaeoblattidae by Durden (1969).
Dichronoblatta was named by Handlirsch (1906).

It was synonymized subjectively with Poroblattina by Schneider (1978), Schneider (1983), Belahmira et al. (2025).

It was assigned to Mesoblattinidae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1920).
Nearoblatta was named by Handlirsch (1906).

It was synonymized subjectively with Poroblattina by Schneider (1978), Belahmira et al. (2025).

It was assigned to Mesoblattinidae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1920).
Penetoblatta was named by Handlirsch (1906).

It was synonymized subjectively with Poroblattina by Belahmira et al. (2025).

It was assigned to Archimylacridae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1920), Handlirsch (1922); and to Petrablattinidae by Durden (1969).
Brephoblatta was named by Handlirsch (1906).

It was synonymized subjectively with Poroblattina by Schneider (1978), Belahmira et al. (2025).

It was assigned to Diechoblattinidae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1920).
Nepioblatta was named by Handlirsch (1906).

It was synonymized subjectively with Poroblattina by Schneider (1978), Belahmira et al. (2025).

It was assigned to Diechoblattinidae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1920).
Epheboblatta was named by Handlirsch (1906).

It was synonymized subjectively with Poroblattina by Schneider (1978), Schneider (1983), Belahmira et al. (2025).

It was assigned to Mesoblattinidae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1920).
Premnoblatta was named by Pruvost (1919).

It was synonymized subjectively with Poroblattina by Schneider (1978), Schneider (1983), Belahmira et al. (2025).

It was assigned to Poroblattinidae by Pruvost (1919).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1885	Scutinoblattina Scudder
1885	Poroblattina Scudder p. 38
1886	Poroblattina Scudder p. 220
1886	Scutinoblattina Scudder p. 220
1895	Poroblattina Scudder p. 135
1895	Scutinoblattina Scudder p. 144
1906	Drepanoblattina Handlirsch p. 236
1906	Poroblattina Handlirsch p. 284
1906	Autoblattina Handlirsch p. 288
1906	Acmaeoblatta Handlirsch p. 290
1906	Systoloblatta Handlirsch p. 290
1906	Dichronoblatta Handlirsch p. 291
1906	Nearoblatta Handlirsch p. 291
1906	Penetoblatta Handlirsch p. 366
1906	Epheboblatta Handlirsch p. 379
1906	Scutinoblattina Handlirsch p. 379
1906	Brephoblatta Handlirsch p. 380
1906	Nepioblatta Handlirsch p. 380
1906	Penetoblatta Handlirsch p. 743
1906	Systoloblatta Handlirsch p. 792
1906	Acmaeoblatta Handlirsch p. 793
1906	Dichronoblatta Handlirsch p. 794
1906	Epheboblatta Handlirsch p. 794
1906	Nearoblatta Handlirsch p. 794
1906	Nepioblatta Handlirsch p. 795
1906	Brephoblatta Handlirsch p. 796
1906	Drepanoblattina Schlechtendal p. 236
1906	Poroblattina inversa Schlechtendal p. 286 figs. Pl XXIX fig 38
1906	Autoblattina Schlechtendal p. 288
1919	Premnoblatta Pruvost p. 240
1920	Drepanoblattina Handlirsch p. 447
1920	Penetoblatta Handlirsch p. 448
1920	Autoblattina Handlirsch p. 458
1920	Poroblattina Handlirsch p. 458
1920	Poroblattina inversa Handlirsch p. 458
1920	Systoloblatta Handlirsch p. 458
1920	Acmaeoblatta Handlirsch p. 459
1920	Brephoblatta Handlirsch p. 459
1920	Dichronoblatta Handlirsch p. 459
1920	Epheboblatta Handlirsch p. 459
1920	Nearoblatta Handlirsch p. 459
1920	Nepioblatta Handlirsch p. 459
1920	Scutinoblattina Handlirsch p. 459
1922	Drepanoblattina Handlirsch p. 150
1922	Penetoblatta Handlirsch p. 150
1934	Acmaeoblatta Carpenter p. 340
1961	Drepanoblattina Becker-Migdisova p. 156
1969	Penetoblatta Durden p. 1166
1969	Acmaeoblatta Durden p. 1169
1978	Poroblattina Schneider p. 56
1983	Poroblattina Schneider p. 131
2004	Poroblattina Schneider et al. p. 253
2023	Poroblattina Correia et al. p. 244
2025	Poroblattina Belahmira et al. p. 7

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017

Rank	Name	Author
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
—	Cercofilata
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Polyneoptera	Martynov 1938
—	Holopandictyoptera
superorder	Dictyoptera	Latreille 1829
family	Poroblattinidae
genus	Poroblattina

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. †Poroblattina Scudder 1885

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†Poroblattina arcuata Scudder 1885

†Poroblattina attenuata Scudder 1885

†Poroblattina carbonaria Carpenter 1934

†Poroblattina duffieuxi Pruvost 1919

Invalid names: Archimylacridae ovalis Handlirsch 1920 [synonym]

†Poroblattina germari Giebel 1856

Invalid names: Acmaeoblatta carbonaria Carpenter 1934 [synonym], Anthracoblattina virginiensis Scudder 1895 [synonym], Autoblattina amoena Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Autoblattina difficilis Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Autoblattina gracilis Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Autoblattina jucunda Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Autoblattina schlechtendali Handlirsch 1920 [synonym], Blattina parvula Goldenberg 1869 [synonym], Blattoidea fallax Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Blattoidea inversa Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Drepanoblattina plicata Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Nearoblatta exarata Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Petrablattina hastata Scudder 1895 [synonym], Poroblattina ambigua Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina modesta Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina obscura Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina ornata Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina striolata Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina subtilis Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina tenera Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina varia Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina virgulata Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Scutinoblattina intermedia Scudder 1885 [synonym]

†Poroblattina minima Scudder 1895

†Poroblattina rotundata Scudder 1885

Invalid names: Acmaeoblatta lanceolata Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Autoblattina elegans Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Etoblattina mucronata Scudder 1895 [synonym], Gerablattina minima Scudder 1895 [synonym], Gerablattina rotundata Scudder 1895 [synonym], Nearoblatta pygmaea Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Neorthroblattina attenuata Scudder 1885 [synonym], Poroblattina brachyptera Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina debilis Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina incerta Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina lakesii Scudder 1885 [synonym], Poroblattina lata Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina longula Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina nervosa Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina ohioensis Scudder 1895 [synonym], Poroblattina rastrata Handlirsch 1920 [synonym], Poroblattina richmondiana Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina undosa Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Scutinoblattina brongniarti Scudder 1885 [synonym]

Invalid names: Acmaeoblatta Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Autoblattina Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Brephoblatta Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Dichronoblatta Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Drepanoblattina Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Epheboblatta Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Nearoblatta Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Nepioblatta Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Penetoblatta Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Poroblattina inversa Schlechtendal 1906 [nomen dubium], Premnoblatta Pruvost 1919 [synonym], Scutinoblattina Scudder 1885 [synonym], Systoloblatta 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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Westphalian D to the top of the Asselian or 309.80000 to 293.52000 Ma

Collections (15 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Westphalian C - Westphalian D	314.6 - 307.4	France	Archimylacridae indet. (151689)
Westphalian D	309.8 - 307.4	France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais)	Archimylacridae indet. (151696)
Stephanian	307.4 - 300.3	USA (Ohio)	Gerablattina minima, P. ohioensis, P. brachyptera, P. lata, P. richmondiana, Acmaeoblatta lanceolata (123812)
Stephanian B	301.4 - 300.9	Morocco	P. germari (242232) P. rotundata (155290 242230) P. rotundata, P. germari (242231) P. sp. (155292) P. sp., P. rotundata, P. germari (203196)
Stephanian C	300.9 - 300.3	USA (Pennsylvania)	Acmaeoblatta carbonaria (144528)
Stephanian C	300.9 - 300.3	Germany (Saxony-Anhalt)	Blatta germari, Drepanoblattina plicata, P. tenera, P. incerta, P. debilis, P. subtilis, P. varia, P. obscura, P. longula, P. ambigua, P. ornata, P. striolata, P. modesta, P. nervosa, Autoblattina amoena, Autoblattina elegans, Autoblattina gracilis, Autoblattina difficilis, Autoblattina jucunda, Nearoblatta pygmaea, Blattoidea inversa, Blattoidea fallax, P. sp. (122578) Blattina parvula, P. undosa, P. inversa, P. virgulata, Nearoblatta exarata, Autoblattina sp. (122579)
Asselian	298.9 - 293.52	USA (New Mexico)	P. rotundata, P. parvula (124386)
Asselian	298.9 - 293.52	USA (Colorado)	P. arcuata, P. lakesii, Neorthroblattina lakesii, Neorthroblattina rotundata, Neorthroblattina attenuata, Scutinoblattina brongniarti, Scutinoblattina intermedia (106345)
Asselian	298.9 - 293.52	USA (West Virginia)	Etoblattina mucronata, Gerablattina rotundata, Anthracoblattina virginiensis, Petrablattina hastata (122604)