genus
Valaraukar Lucañas, 2025
Type
Periplaneta banksi Hanitsch, 1931 type species by original designation of Valaraukar Lucañas, 2025
Nomenclature (1)
- Valaraukar Lucañas, 2025: 2.
type species by original designation Periplaneta banksi Hanitsch, 1931
Nomenclature references (1)
- Lucañas, C.C. (2025) Revisions on the genus Periplaneta Burmeister, 1838 (Blattodea: Blattidae: Blattinae) Part II. On some cave-dwelling species, with notes on the genus Eumethana Princis, 1951. Oriental Insects, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2025.2599484
Descendants and synonyms
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| species | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
Named after ‘Valaraukar’ or Balrog, a fictional race of creatures from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Legendarium.