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Macropanesthia rhinoceros Saussure, 1895

rhinoceros cockroach; litter bug; giant burrowing cockroach

Copyright Natural History Museum, London Non-type (adult male) in BM(NH). Dorsal view Depicts CollectionObject 1572946; b2ffdce6-a726-4bd5-8b92-e6e1bf893935, a CollectionObject.
Copyright Natural History Museum, London Non-type (adult male) in BM(NH). Dorsal view Depicts CollectionObject 1572946; b2ffdce6-a726-4bd5-8b92-e6e1bf893935, a CollectionObject.
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0/MNHN - Depraetere Marion - 2014. Non type, sex unknown. Specimen number: MNHN-EP-EP1082. http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/ep/ep1082. Depicts CollectionObject 1587169; MNHN(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) MNHN-EP-EP1082, b4328bb0-d6b2-4bd7-83e4-0027eeb343a3, a CollectionObject.
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0/MNHN - Depraetere Marion - 2014. Non type, sex unknown. Specimen number: MNHN-EP-EP1082. http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/ep/ep1082. Depicts CollectionObject 1587169; MNHN(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) MNHN-EP-EP1082, b4328bb0-d6b2-4bd7-83e4-0027eeb343a3, a CollectionObject.
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0/MNHN - Depraetere Marion - 2014. Non type, sex unknown. Specimen number: MNHN-EP-EP1082. http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/ep/ep1082. Depicts CollectionObject 1587169; MNHN(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) MNHN-EP-EP1082, b4328bb0-d6b2-4bd7-83e4-0027eeb343a3, a CollectionObject.
Copyright Natural History Museum, London Labels from non-type (adult female) in BM(NH) Depicts CollectionObject 1572945; 9baf3e81-e337-40b6-a330-6f90128f2fa5, a CollectionObject.
Copyright Josef Dvorák. Macropanesthia rhinoceros. Depicts Macropanesthia rhinoceros Saussure, 1895, an Otu.
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0/MNHN - Depraetere Marion - 2014. Non type, sex unknown. Specimen number: MNHN-EP-EP1082. http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/ep/ep1082. Depicts CollectionObject 1587169; MNHN(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) MNHN-EP-EP1082, b4328bb0-d6b2-4bd7-83e4-0027eeb343a3, a CollectionObject.
Copyright Natural History Museum, London Non-type (adult female) in BM(NH). Dorsal view Depicts CollectionObject 1572945; 9baf3e81-e337-40b6-a330-6f90128f2fa5, a CollectionObject.
Copyright Natural History Museum, London Labels from non-type (adult male) in BM(NH) Depicts CollectionObject 1572946; b2ffdce6-a726-4bd5-8b92-e6e1bf893935, a CollectionObject.
Copyright Natural History Museum, London Non-type (adult male) in BM(NH). Ventral view Depicts CollectionObject 1572946; b2ffdce6-a726-4bd5-8b92-e6e1bf893935, a CollectionObject.
Copyright Natural History Museum, London Non-type (adult female) in BM(NH). Ventral view Depicts CollectionObject 1572945; 9baf3e81-e337-40b6-a330-6f90128f2fa5, a CollectionObject.

Nomenclature (4)

  • Panesthia godeffroyi Godeffroy, 1877: 19. (nomen nudum)
  • Macropanesthia rhinoceros Saussure, 1895: 329.
  • Macropanesthia rhinoceros Saussure, 1895 in Princis, 1965: 325.
  • Panesthia godeffroyi Godeffroy, 1877 (synonym of Macropanesthia rhinoceros Saussure, 1895) in Princis, 1965: 326.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Godeffroy (1877) Mus. Godeffroy, Cat. VI, Hamburg.
  • 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.

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