Cockroach Species File
species

Pycnoscelus niger (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865)

Pycnoscelus niger (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865): Copyright Victor Demeshko. Pycnoscelus nigra adult female. Captive reared. (Otu).
Pycnoscelus niger (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865): Copyright Victor Demeshko. Pycnoscelus nigra adult female. Captive reared. (Otu).
Pycnoscelus niger (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865): (Otu).

Nomenclature (2)

  • Panchlora nigra Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865: 280.
  • Pycnoscelus nigra (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865) in Princis, 1964: 274.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1865) Nouveau Système des Blattaires. G. Braumüller, Vienna, 426 pp. 13 pls.
  • Princis, K. (1964) Blattariae: Subordo Blaberoidea: Fam.: Panchloridae, Gynopeltididae, Derocalymmidae, Perisphaeriidae, Pycnoscelididae. In M. Beier (Ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. Pars 6. W. Junk, s'Gravenhage [The Hague]. pp. 174–281.

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Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

The species epithet is from the Latin niger meaning black.