Insecta - Blattodea - Mesoblattinidae

Full reference: E. F. Riek. 1976. A new collection of insects from the Upper Triassic of South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 22(3):791-820

Belongs to Triassoblatta according to E. F. Riek 1976

Sister taxa: Triassoblatta argentina, Triassoblatta cargnini, Triassoblatta damiaoliangensis, Triassoblatta dehiscens, Triassoblatta fusiformis, Triassoblatta grandis, Triassoblatta insignita, Triassoblatta intermedia, Triassoblatta intramedia, Triassoblatta jonesi, Triassoblatta natalensis, Triassoblatta obtusa, Triassoblatta ovata, Triassoblatta robusta, Triassoblatta triquestra, Triassoblatta typica, Triassoblatta uralica

Type specimen: C-Dt II 770ab, a tegmen (missing small parts around margin). Its type locality is Bird's River (C-Dt II), which is in a Carnian lacustrine - small shale in the Molteno Formation of South Africa.

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Average measurements (in mm): tegmen length 19.0