Insecta - Blattodea - Compsoblattidae

Alternative combination: Phyloblatta plana

Synonym: Phyloblatta wittekindiana Handlirsch 1906

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640

Belongs to Compsoblatta according to J. Schneider 1978

Sister taxa: Compsoblatta analglyptica, Compsoblatta anthracophila, Compsoblatta couloni, Compsoblatta frankei, Compsoblatta mangoldti, Compsoblatta nobilis, Compsoblatta ovata, Compsoblatta stelzneri

Type specimens:

• Compsoblatta plana: MH 250, a tegmen. Its type locality is Wettin, which is in a Stephanian C terrestrial shale in the Ottweiler Stufe Formation of Germany.
• Phyloblatta wittekindiana: Its type locality is Bad WitteKind near Halle, which is in a Westphalian terrestrial coal/shale in Germany.

Ecology:

Average measurements (in mm): tegmen length 26.2