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Diplopterinae

Insecta - Blattodea - Blaberidae

Taxonomy
Diplopterinae was named by Saussure (1864). It is extant. Its type is Diploptera.

It was reranked as the family Diplopteridae by Lin (1997), Vršanský et al. (2016).

It was assigned to Blattodea by Lin (1997), Vršanský et al. (2016); and to Blaberidae by Archibald and Mathewes (2000), Li and Wang (2015), Evangelista et al. (2017), Evangelista et al. (2021), Liu et al. (2023).

Subtaxa
Diploptera (type genus), Stegoblatta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Diplopterinae Saussure
1997Diplopteridae Lin p. 190
2000Diplopterinae Archibald and Mathewes p. 1442
2015Diplopterinae Li and Wang
2016Diplopteridae Vršanský et al. p. 4
2017Diplopterinae Evangelista et al. p. 3
2021Diplopterinae Evangelista et al.
2023Diplopterinae Liu et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
superfamilyBlaberoidea
Orkrasomeria
familyBlaberidae()
subfamilyDiplopterinaeSaussure 1864
subfamilyDiplopterinaeSaussure 1864

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.

Subfm. Diplopterinae Saussure 1864
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G. Diploptera Saussure 1864
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Diploptera gemini Barna 2016
Diploptera savba Šmídová 2016
Diploptera vladimir Vršanský 2016
G. †Stegoblatta Anisyutkin and Gröhn 2012
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Stegoblatta irmgardgroehni Anisyutkin and Gröhn 2012
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Berriasian to the top of the Priabonian or 143.10000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 132.6 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian - Valanginian143.1 - 132.6Hong Kong Diploptera sp. (173070)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Canada (British Columbia) Diplopterinae indet. (31677)
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Diploptera gemini (181561) Diploptera savba, Diploptera vladimir (181560) Diploptera vladimir (181558 181559)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Stegoblatta irmgardgroehni (110735)