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Blattodea Species File
genus

Morphna Shelford, 1910

Type

type species by subsequent designation of Morphna Shelford, 1910

Nomenclature (7)

  • Morphna Shelford, 1910: 6.

    type species by subsequent designation Epilampra maculata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865

  • Morphnina Princis, 1958: 65.

    type species by original designation Epilampra imperatoria Stål, 1877

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  • Morphna Shelford, 1910 in Oyama, Yukawa & Imai, 2021: 44. Phylogeny
  • † Fonsecablatta Mendes & Pinto, 2001 (subjective synonym of Morphna Shelford, 1910) in Vršanský, 2024: 99.

Nomenclature references (6)

  • McKittrick, F.A. (1964) Evolutionary studies of cockroaches. Memoirs of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, 389.
  • Mendes, M. & Pinto, I.D. (2001) The first findings of Blattodea (Insecta, Blattidae) from the Fonseca Formation, Oligocene period, Minas Gerais, in the South East of Brazil. Acta Geologica Leopoldensia, 24(52/53), 283–290.
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  • Oyama, N., Yukawa, H. & Imai, T. (2021) New cockroach assemblage from the Lower Cretaceous Kitadani Formation, Fukui, Japan. Palaeontographica Abteilung A Palaeozoologie-Stratigraphie, 321(1-6), 37–52.
  • Princis, K. (1958) Revision der Walkerschen und Kirbyschen Blatterientypen im British Museum of Natural History, London II. Opuscula Entomologica. Edidit Societas Entomologica Lundensis, 23, 59–75.
  • Shelford, R.W.C. (1910) Orthoptera. Fam. Blattidae, subfam. Epilamprinae. Genera Insectorum, 101, 1–21. Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105318#page/103/mode/1up
  • Vršanský, P. (2024) Late Mesozoic cockroaches s.l. from the Karabastau Formation in Kazakhstan. AMBA Projekty, 14(1), 1–700.

Other references (0)

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1023
species1451433