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Blaberus craniifer Burmeister, 1838

death's head cockroach
Blaberus craniifer Burmeister, 1838: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Holotype (unsexed nymph) in BM(NH). Dorsal view. (Otu).
Blaberus craniifer Burmeister, 1838: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Holotype (unsexed nymph) in BM(NH). Dorsal view. (Otu).
Blaberus craniifer Burmeister, 1838: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Holotype (unsexed nymph) in BM(NH). Ventral view. (Otu).
Blaberus craniifer Burmeister, 1838: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Labels from holotype (unsexed nymph) in BM(NH). (Otu).
Blaberus craniifer Burmeister, 1838: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Labels from holotype (unsexed nymph) in BM(NH). Underside. (Otu).
Blaberus craniifer Burmeister, 1838: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Lectotype (adult male) of Blabera quadrifera Walker, 1868, in BM(NH). Dorsal view. (Otu).
Blaberus craniifer Burmeister, 1838: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Lectotype (adult male) of Blabera quadrifera Walker, 1868, in BM(NH). Ventral view. (Otu).
Blaberus craniifer Burmeister, 1838: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Labels from lectotype (adult male) of Blabera quadrifera Walker, 1868,in BM(NH). (Otu).
Blaberus craniifer Burmeister, 1838: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Labels from lectotype (adult male) of Blabera quadrifera Walker, 1868, in BM(NH). Underside. (Otu).
Blaberus craniifer Burmeister, 1838: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Paralectotype (adult male) of Blabera quadrifera Walker, 1868 in BM(NH). Dorsal view. (Otu).
Blaberus craniifer Burmeister, 1838: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Paralectotype (adult male) of Blabera quadrifera Walker, 1868 in BM(NH). Dorsal view. (Otu).
Blaberus craniifer Burmeister, 1838: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Labels from paralectotype (adult male) of Blabera quadrifera Walker, 1868 in BM(NH). (Otu).
Blaberus craniifer Burmeister, 1838: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Labels from paralectotype (adult male) of Blabera quadrifera Walker, 1868 in BM(NH). Underside. (Otu).

Nomenclature (23)

  • Blabera [sic] craniifer Burmeister, 1838
  • Blabera [sic] limbata Burmeister, 1838: 516.
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  • Blabera [sic] craniipes [sic] Burmeister, 1838
  • Blabera [sic] craniipes [sic] Burmeister, 1838 (misspelling of Blabera [sic] craniifer Burmeister, 1838)

Nomenclature references (12)

  • Burmeister, H.C.C. (1838) Kakerlaken, Schaben. Blattina. Handbuch der Entomologie, 2(2), 469–517.
  • Hebard, M. (1917) The Blattidae of North America north of the Mexican boundary. Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc., 2, 1–284 10pls. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/27822#page/224/mode/1up
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  • Hollier, J., Marshall, J.A. & Legendre, F. (2025) An annotated list of the Blattodea (Insecta) described by Henri de Saussure. Part 4: the Blaberidae subfamilies Blaberinae, Geoscapheinae and Panesthiinae. Revue suisse de Zoologie, 132(1), 65–77. https://doi.org/10.35929/rsz.0140
  • Lefeuvre, C. (1960) A propos de Blabera craniifer Burmeister 1838 (Insecte Dictyoptere). Bulletin de la Société Scientifique de Bretagne, 35, 145–161.
  • Princis, K. (1946) Drei neue neotropische Blattoden. Kungliga fysiografiska Sällskapets i Lund Förhandlingar, 16(17), 159–166.
  • 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.
  • Princis, K. (1963) Blattariae: Suborde [sic] Polyphagoidea: Fam.: Homoeogamiidae, Euthyrrhaphidae, Latindiidae, Anacompsidae, Atticolidae, Attaphilidae. Subordo Blaberoidea: Fam. Blaberidae. In M. Beier (Ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. Pars 4. W. Junk, s'Gravenhage [The Hague]. pp. 76–172.
  • Roth, L.M. (1969) The evolution of male tergal glands in the Blattariae. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 62, 176–208.
  • Saussure, H.de (1864) Memoires pour servir a l'histoire naturelle du Mexique, dos Antilles, et des Etats-Unis. Orthoptères de l'Amerique moyenne. Famille des Blattides. Ramboz et Schuchardt, Geneve, 279 pp.
  • 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]
  • Stål, C. (1855) Ofv. Sv. Vet. Akad. Forhandl., 12.
  • 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.

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