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Validiblatta gigantea (Yanagisawa, Hsu & Ohgita, 2023)

Nomenclature (2)

  • Periplaneta gigantea Yanagisawa, Hsu & Ohgita, 2023 in Yanagisawa, Hsu, Higa & Ohgita, 2023: 279.
  • Fortiblatta gigantea (Yanagisawa, Hsu & Ohgita, 2023) in Luo, Deng, Han, Lo, Cai, Che & Wang, 2025: 9.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Luo, X., Deng, W., Han, W., Lo, N., Cai, J.-Z., Che, Y.-L. & Wang, Z.-Q. (2025) Revision of the cockroach subfamily Blattinae based on morphological and molecular analyses. Systematic Entomology, 50(4), 836–854. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12680
  • Yanagisawa, S., Hsu, C.-T., Higa, Y. & Ohgita, S. (2023) Periplaneta gigantea sp. nov. (Blattodea: Blattidae) from Taiwan Island. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, 29(2), 279–282.

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

This new species was named after its relatively large total length within the genus.