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genus

Epilampra Burmeister, 1838

Type

type species by subsequent designation of

Nomenclature (15)

  • Epilampra Burmeister, 1838: 504.

    type species by subsequent designation Blatta brasiliensis Fabricius, 1775 in Kirby, 1903

  • Planes Saussure, 1862: 228.

    type species Epilampra mexicana Saussure, 1864

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  • Epilampra Burmeister, 1838 in Anisyutkin, 2016: 205.
  • Epilampra Burmeister, 1838 in Vanker, Medina-Espinoza, Schwartz, Martin & Evangelista, 2026: 180.

Nomenclature references (11)

  • Anisyutkin, L.N. (2016) New data on the subfamily Epilamprinae (Dictyoptera, Blaberidae) of the New World, with description of a new genus and a new species from Ecuador. Entomological Review, Washington, 96(2), 199–217.
  • Burmeister, H.C.C. (1838) Kakerlaken, Schaben. Blattina. Handbuch der Entomologie, 2(2), 469–517.
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  • Finot, A. (1897) Catalogue des Orthoptères de l’Amérique Méridionale décrits jusqu’à ce jour, 1896. Deuxieme famille Blattes. Actes de La Societe Scientifique Du Chili, 7, 169–220.
  • Fisk, F.W. & Schal, C. (1981) Notes on new species of epilamprine cockroaches from Costa Rica and Panama (Blattaria: Blaberidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 83(4), 694–706.
  • Kirby, W.F. (1903) Notes on Blattidae &c., with descriptions of new genera and species in the collection of the British Museum, South Kensington. No. II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 12, 273–280.
  • Lopes, S.M., Oliveira, E.H. & Khouri, A. (2010) Reexamination of the five species of Blaberidae deposited in the Entomological Collection of the Museu Nacional/UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Zootaxa, 2683, 66–68.
  • Princis, K. (1967) Blattariae: Suborbo [sic] Epilamproidea. Fam.: Nyctiboridae, Epilampridae. In M. Beier (Ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. Pars 11. W. Junk, s'Gravenhage [The Hague]. 617–710 pp.
  • Roth, L.M. (1970) The male genitalia of Blattaria. V. Epilampra spp. (Blaberidae: Epilamprinae). Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 77(4), 436–486.
  • Saussure, H.de (1862) Orthoptera nova Americana (Diagnoses praeliminares) (Series III). Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, 14, 163–171, 227–234.
  • Shelford, R.W.C. (1910) Orthoptera. Fam. Blattidae, subfam. Epilamprinae. Genera Insectorum, 101, 1–21. Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105318#page/103/mode/1up
  • Vanker, K., Medina-Espinoza, E.F., Schwartz, J., Martin, J.M. & Evangelista, D.A. (2026) Blaberidae (Blattodea) of Madre de Dios, Peru and a key to Epilamprinae s.s. ZooKeys, 1281, 171–232. [in English] https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1281.178573

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Descendants and synonyms

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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
genus1045
subgenus1001
supersuperspecies1012
superspecies100010
species87039126