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Cockroach Species File
genus

Morphna Shelford, 1910

Type

Epilampra maculata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 type species by subsequent designation of Morphna Shelford, 1910

Nomenclature (5)

  • Morphna Shelford, 1910: 6.

    type species by subsequent designation Epilampra maculata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865

  • Morphnina Princis, 1958: 65.

    type species by original designation Epilampra imperatoria Stål, 1877

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  • Morphna Shelford, 1910 in McKittrick, 1964: 37.
  • Morphna Shelford, 1910 in Oyama, Yukawa & Imai, 2021: 44. Phylogeny

Nomenclature references (4)

  • McKittrick, F.A. (1964) Evolutionary studies of cockroaches. Cornell Univ. Agric. Exp. Sta. Mem., 389.
  • Oyama, N., Yukawa, H. & Imai, T. (2021) New cockroach assemblage from the Lower Cretaceous Kitadani Formation, Fukui, Japan. Palaeontographica Abteilung A Palaeozoologie-Stratigraphie, 321(1-6), 37–52.
  • Princis, K. (1958) Revision der Walkerschen und Kirbyschen Blatterientypen im British Museum of Natural History, London II. Opuscula Entomologica. Edidit Societas Entomologica Lundensis, 23, 59–75.
  • 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

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

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
genus1012
species1421430