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Blattodea Species File
Species

Geoscapheus dilatatus (Saussure, 1864)

CollectionObject 1572888; f9c1344f-1682-4612-b3ef-f31cd934b5c4: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Non-type (adult female) in BM(NH). Dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1572888; f9c1344f-1682-4612-b3ef-f31cd934b5c4: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Non-type (adult female) in BM(NH). Dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1572888; f9c1344f-1682-4612-b3ef-f31cd934b5c4: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Non-type (adult female) in BM(NH). Ventral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1572888; f9c1344f-1682-4612-b3ef-f31cd934b5c4: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Labels from non-type (adult female) in BM(NH). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1572889; 2e36566e-1f44-46eb-b5b7-4b6040ba2c66: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Non-type (adult male) in BM(NH). Dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1572889; 2e36566e-1f44-46eb-b5b7-4b6040ba2c66: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Non-type (adult male) in BM(NH). Ventral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1572889; 2e36566e-1f44-46eb-b5b7-4b6040ba2c66: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Labels from non-type (adult male) in BM(NH). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (5)

  • Panesthia dilatata Saussure, 1864: 346.

    Lectotype; male; 8c6d67ae-2c17-45b9-a8ad-6d0e237880a6; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG);

  • Plana dilatata (Saussure, 1864) in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893: 46.
  • Geoscapheus dilatatus (Saussure, 1864) in Princis, 1965: 326.
  • Plana dilatata major Saussure, 1895 (synonym of Panesthia dilatata Saussure, 1864) in Hollier, Marshall & Legendre, 2025: 72. Classification

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Saussure, H.L.F.de (1864) Blattarum novarum species aliquot. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, 2, 341–349.
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1893) Révision du système des orthoptères et description des espèces rapportées par M. Leonardo Fea de Birmanie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 13(33), 1–230.
  • Saussure, H.L.F.de (1895) Révision de la tribu des Panesthiens et de celle des Épilampriens (Orthoptères de la famille des Blattides). Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 3, 299–364.
  • 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.
  • Hollier, J., Marshall, J.A. & Legendre, F. (2025) An annotated list of the Blattodea (Insecta) described by Henri de Saussure. Part 4: the Blaberidae subfamilies Blaberinae, Geoscapheinae and Panesthiinae. Revue suisse de Zoologie, 132(1), 65–77. https://doi.org/10.35929/rsz.0140

Other references (0)

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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Species1034
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: dilated.