Skip to main content
Cockroach 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.
  • ... Show all ... (1)
  • 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)

  • 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.
  • 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
  • ... Show all ... (1)
  • 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) Blattarum novarum species aliquot. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, 2, 341–349.
  • Saussure, H.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.

Other references (0)

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
species1034
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: dilated.