ammonites
Sysciophlebia balteata Scudder 1879 (cockroach)

Insecta - Blattodea - Spiloblattinidae

Alternative combinations: Etoblattina balteata, Gerablattina balteata, Spiloblattinidae balteata

Synonyms: Etoblattina occulta Scudder 1895, Gerablattina cassvici Scudder 1895, Gerablattina diversipennis Scudder 1895, Sysciophlebia cassvici Scudder 1895, Sysciophlebia diversipennis Scudder 1895, Sysciophlebia occulta Scudder 1895

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1879. Palaeozoic Cockroaches: A complete revision of the species of both worlds, with an essay toward their classification. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 3:23-134

Belongs to Sysciophlebia according to V. J. Schneider 1982

Sister taxa: Sysciophlebia acutipennis, Sysciophlebia adumbrata, Sysciophlebia affinis, Sysciophlebia alligans, Sysciophlebia apicalis, Sysciophlebia arcuata, Sysciophlebia benedicta, Sysciophlebia euglyptica, Sysciophlebia fenestrata, Sysciophlebia frankei, Sysciophlebia funesta, Sysciophlebia grata, Sysciophlebia guttata, Sysciophlebia hastata, Sysciophlebia hercynica, Sysciophlebia hybrida, Sysciophlebia ilfeldensis, Sysciophlebia invisa, Sysciophlebia kovacsae, Sysciophlebia lawrenceana, Sysciophlebia lenis, Sysciophlebia maledicta, Sysciophlebia marginata, Sysciophlebia nana, Sysciophlebia obtusa, Sysciophlebia oligoneura, Sysciophlebia patiens, Sysciophlebia picta, Sysciophlebia praepilata, Sysciophlebia recidiva, Sysciophlebia rotundata, Sysciophlebia rubida, Sysciophlebia schucherti, Sysciophlebia scudderi, Sysciophlebia sellardsi, Sysciophlebia steinbachi, Sysciophlebia stulta, Sysciophlebia subtilis, Sysciophlebia triassica, Sysciophlebia variegata, Sysciophlebia whitei

Type specimens:

  • Sysciophlebia balteata: Its type locality is Cassville, which is in a Sakmarian terrestrial shale in the Cassville Shales Formation of West Virginia
  • Etoblattina occulta: Coll Lacoe 2127 ab, a tegmen (fragment). Its type locality is Cassville, which is in a Sakmarian terrestrial shale in the Cassville Shales Formation of West Virginia.
  • Gerablattina cassvici: Coll Lacoe 2142 ab, a tegmen (fragment of tegmen). Its type locality is Cassville, which is in a Sakmarian terrestrial shale in the Cassville Shales Formation of West Virginia.
  • Sysciophlebia diversipennis:

Ecology:

Average measurements (in mm): forewing 25.0 x 10.0, tegmen 25.7 x 9.0