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Compsoblatta

Insecta - Blattodea - Compsoblattidae

Taxonomy

Compsoblatta was named by Schlechtendal (1906).

It was replaced with Compsoblattula by Strand (1929).

It was assigned to Archimylacridae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1920), Handlirsch (1922); and to Compsoblattidae by Schneider (1978), Schneider (1983), Schneider (1983), Brauckmann (1993), Belahmira et al. (2019).

Species

C. anaglyptica (syn. Phyloblatta hochecornei, Phyloblatta lenta, Blattina carbonaria, Sysciophlebia signata, Sysciophlebia tenera), C. anthracophila (syn. Phyloblatta dificilis, Phyloblatta regularis, Phyloblatta perfecta, Phyloblatta regularis, Phyloblatta grata, Phyloblatta hauptiana), C. couloni (syn. Etoblattina plasta), C. frankei, C. mangoldti, C. nobilis (syn. Phyloblatta credneri, Phyloblatta ardua, Sysciophlebia saxonica), C. ovata (syn. Etoblattina lacroixi, Phyloblatta spathulata, Etoblattina bouvieri), C. plana (syn. Phyloblatta wittekindiana)

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1906	Compsoblatta Handlirsch p. 369
1906	Compsoblatta Schlechtendal p. 369
1920	Compsoblatta Handlirsch p. 446
1922	Compsoblatta Handlirsch p. 147
1978	Compsoblatta Schneider p. 28
1983	Compsoblatta Schneider p. 84
1993	Compsoblatta Brauckmann p. 116
2019	Compsoblatta Belahmira et al. p. 963

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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
order	Blattodea	(Latreille 1810)
family	Compsoblattidae
genus	Compsoblatta

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. †Compsoblatta Schlechtendal 1906

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†Compsoblatta anaglyptica Germar 1842

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Invalid names: Blattina carbonaria Germar 1851 [synonym], Phyloblatta hochecornei Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Phyloblatta lenta Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Sysciophlebia signata Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Sysciophlebia tenera Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym]

†Compsoblatta anthracophila Germar 1842

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Invalid names: Phyloblatta dificilis Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Phyloblatta grata Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Phyloblatta hauptiana Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Phyloblatta perfecta Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Phyloblatta regularis Martynov 1930 [synonym], Phyloblatta regularis Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym]

†Compsoblatta couloni Meunier 1921

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Invalid names: Etoblattina plasta Meunier 1921 [synonym]

†Compsoblatta frankei Schneider 1978

†Compsoblatta mangoldti Schlechtendal 1906

†Compsoblatta nobilis Schlechtendal 1906

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Invalid names: Phyloblatta ardua Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Phyloblatta credneri Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym], Sysciophlebia saxonica Handlirsch 1920 [synonym]

†Compsoblatta ovata Meunier 1921

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Invalid names: Etoblattina bouvieri Meunier 1921 [synonym], Etoblattina lacroixi Meunier 1921 [synonym], Phyloblatta spathulata Bolton 1925 [synonym]

†Compsoblatta plana Schlechtendal 1906

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Invalid names: Phyloblatta wittekindiana Schlechtendal 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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Westphalian to the top of the Asselian or 318.70000 to 293.52000 Ma

Collections (13 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Westphalian	318.7 - 307.4	Germany (Saxony-Anhalt)	Phyloblatta wittekindiana (125699)
Gzhelian	303.7 - 298.9	Spain	C. ovata (227129)
Gzhelian	303.7 - 298.9	France	Etoblattina couloni, Etoblattina bouvieri, Etoblattina lacroixi, Etoblattina plasta (121979) Phyloblatta spathulata (124916)
Stephanian B	301.4 - 300.9	Morocco	C. sp. (155291)
Stephanian C	300.9 - 300.3	Germany (Saxony-Anhalt)	Blattina anthracophila, Blattina anaglyptica, Blattina carbonaria, Phyloblatta ardua, Phyloblatta plana, Phyloblatta grata, Phyloblatta perfecta, Phyloblatta hauptiana, Phyloblatta lenta, Sysciophlebia nobilis, Sysciophlebia signata, Sysciophlebia tenera, Phyloblatta regularis (122578) C. plana, C. anthracophila, C. nobilis (125736) Phyloblatta hochecornei, Phyloblatta credneri, C. anaglyptica, Sysciophlebia sp. 1 (122579)
Stephanian C	300.9 - 300.3	Germany	Phyloblatta carbonaria (172340)
Stephanian C	300.9 - 300.3	Germany (Thuringia)	C. frankei (122592)
Asselian	298.9 - 293.52	Germany (Thüringer Wald)	C. sp. (128478)
Asselian - Sakmarian	298.9 - 290.1	Germany	C. frankei (127934) C. mangoldti (127935)