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Diploptera punctata (Eschscholtz, 1822)

Pacific beetle cockroach; Cypress cockroach
Diploptera punctata (Eschscholtz, 1822): Copyright Josef Dvorák. Diploptera punctata. (Otu).
Diploptera punctata (Eschscholtz, 1822): Copyright Josef Dvorák. Diploptera punctata. (Otu).

Nomenclature (6)

  • Blatta punctata Eschscholtz, 1822: 86.

    Lectotype; unknown; 529cc168-d5e8-4e4c-9acd-0dddb5024d15; deposited at: Zoological Museum, Moscow Lomonosov State University (ZMMU); Hawaii: Pacific

  • Blatta dytiscoides Serville, 1838: 102.
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  • Diploptera silpha Saussure, 1864 (synonym of Blatta punctata Eschscholtz, 1822)
  • Diploptera punctata (Eschscholtz, 1822) in Princis, 1965: 358.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Eschscholtz, J.F. (1822) Entomographien. G. Reimer, Berlin, 128 pp.
  • Li, X.-R. & Wang, Z.-Q. (2015) A taxonomic study of the beetle cockroaches (Diploptera Saussure) from China, with notes on the genus and species worldwide (Blattodea: Blaberidae: Diplopterinae). Zootaxa, 4018(1), 35–56.
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  • Princis, K. (1965) Blattariae: Subordo Blaberoidea: Fam.: Oxyhaloidae, Panesthiidae, Cryptocercidae, Chorisoneuridae, Oulopterygidae, Diplopteridae, Anaplectidae, Archiblattidae, Nothoblattidae. In M. Beier (Ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. Pars 7. W. Junk, s'Gravenhage [The Hague]. pp. 284–400.
  • Saussure, H.de (1864) Travaux Inédits. Blattarum novarum species aliquot. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, 16(2), 305–326.
  • Serville, J.G.A. (1838) Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Orthoptères. In Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret [Collection des Suites à Buffon]. Roret, Paris. . xviii + 776 pp. [1839]

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