Type

Blatta australasiae Fabricius, 1775 type species by original designation of Fortiblatta Luo & Wang, 2025

Nomenclature (1)

  • Fortiblatta Luo & Wang, 2025 in Luo, Deng, Han, Lo, Cai, Che & Wang, 2025: 9.

    type species by original designation Blatta australasiae Fabricius, 1775

Nomenclature references (1)

  • 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. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12680

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Names
Rank Total Valid Invalid
genus110
species33825
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

The generic epithet is from the Latin word ‘fort-’ and ‘Blatta’ meaning all species of the genus are stronger. The gender is feminine.