species
Macropanesthia rhinoceros Saussure, 1895
rhinoceros cockroach; litter bug; giant burrowing cockroach
Nomenclature (4)
- Panesthia godeffroyi 1877: 19. (nomen nudum)
- Macropanesthia rhinoceros Saussure, 1895: 329.
Syntype; male; 23febcb1-e392-4605-8567-889c3e0b261f; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG);
- Macropanesthia rhinoceros Saussure, 1895 in Princis, 1965: 325.
- Panesthia godeffroyi 1877 (synonym of Macropanesthia rhinoceros Saussure, 1895) in Princis, 1965: 326. Classification
Nomenclature references (4)
- Museum Godeffroy Catalog VI L. Friederichsen & Co., Hamburg, 108 pp. (1877)
- 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
- Princis, K. (1965) Blattariae: Subordo Blaberoidea: Fam.: Oxyhaloidae, Panesthiidae, Cryptocercidae, Chorisoneuridae, Oulopterygidae, Diplopteridae, Anaplectidae, Archiblattidae, Nothoblattidae. In Beier (Ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. W. Junk, s'Gravenhage. Issue 7, pp. 284–400.
- 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.
Descendants and synonyms
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Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
Greek: rhinoceros.