Cockroach Species File
species

Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Surinam cockroach
Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758): Copyright Josef Dvorák. Pycnoscelus surinamensis. (Otu).
Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758): Copyright Josef Dvorák. Pycnoscelus surinamensis. (Otu).
Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758): Copyright UMO, Oxford. Type of synonym Blatta corticum, dorsal view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1575768; fd532775-2623-4f66-a5f2-55a25dd2c864: Copyright David Rentz. In native vegetation grazing after dark. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575768; fd532775-2623-4f66-a5f2-55a25dd2c864: (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575768; fd532775-2623-4f66-a5f2-55a25dd2c864: (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575768; fd532775-2623-4f66-a5f2-55a25dd2c864: (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1848748; f4e4b30f-1907-496a-a284-21c44e1bc4d1: (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (27)

  • Blatta surinamensis Linnaeus, 1758: 424.
  • Blatta melanocephala Stoll, 1813: Plate 4d, page 7.
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  • Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758) in Princis, 1964: 264.
  • Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758) in Roth, 1998

Nomenclature references (12)

  • Guillou, L. (1841) Revue zool.
  • Linnaeus, C. (1758) In Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tom. I. Editio decima, reformata, Holmiae : Laur. Salvii. 824 pp.
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  • 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.
  • Roeser, G. (1940) Zur Kenntnis der Lebensweise der Gewachshausschabe Pycnoscelus surinamensis L. Die Gartenbauwissenschaft, 15(2), 184–225.
  • Roth, L.M. (1998) The cockroach genus Pycnoscelus Scudder, with a description of Pycnoscelus femapterus, sp. nov. (Blattaria, Blaberidae, Pycnoscelinae). Oriental Insects, 32, 93–130.
  • Scudder, S.H. (1862) Materials for a monograph of the North American Orthoptera including a catalogue of the known New England species. Boston Journal of Natural History, 7(3), 409–480. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/materialsformono00scudrich
  • Serville, J.G.A. (1838) Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Orthoptères. In Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret [Collection des Suites à Buffon]. Roret, Paris. . xviii + 776 pp. [1839]
  • Shiraki, T. (1906) Die Blattiden Japans. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 6(1), 17–35, pl 11.
  • Stoll, C. (1813) Représentation exactement coloree d'apres nature des Spectres ou Phasmes, des Mantes, des Sauterelles, des Grillons, des Criquets et des Blattes, qui se trouvent dans les quatre parties du Monde. L'Europe, L'Asia, L'Afrique et L'Amerique; ressemblées et déscrites. C.J. Sepp & Fils, Amsterdam. [Apparently this is Vol. 2, though not found in the front matter.]
  • Tepper, J.G.O. (1894) The Blattariae of Australia and Polynesia. Supplementary and additional descriptions and notes. Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust., 18, 169–189.
  • Walker, F. (1868) Catalogue of the Specimens of Blattariae in the Collection of the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History), E. Newman, Printer, London, 239 pp.
  • Walker, F. (1871) In Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. Part V. Supplement to the Catalogue of Blattariae. British Museum (Natural History) London : British Museum (Natural History), London. 40 pp.

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