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Blaberus giganteus (Linnaeus, 1758)

giant cockroach

Blaberus giganteus (Linnaeus, 1758): Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Lectotype (female nymph) in BM(NH). Dorsal view. (Otu).
Blaberus giganteus (Linnaeus, 1758): Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Lectotype (female nymph) in BM(NH). Dorsal view. (Otu).
Blaberus giganteus (Linnaeus, 1758): Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Lectotype (female nymph) in BM(NH). Ventral view. (Otu).
Blaberus giganteus (Linnaeus, 1758): Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Labels from lectotype (female nymph) in BM(NH). (Otu).
Blaberus giganteus (Linnaeus, 1758): Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Labels from lectotype (female nymph) in BM(NH). Underside. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1572837; 3615db1f-c35f-4346-8f15-e4baf53338b1: Copyright NHM, London. Non-type (adult male) in BM(NH). Dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1572837; 3615db1f-c35f-4346-8f15-e4baf53338b1: Copyright NHM, London. Non-type (adult male) in BM(NH). Ventral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1572837; 3615db1f-c35f-4346-8f15-e4baf53338b1: Copyright NHM, London. Labels from non-type (adult male) in BM(NH). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1572838; e25e856f-578a-41d4-9585-18e8c6aa9b26: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Non-type (adult female) in BM(NH). Dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1572838; e25e856f-578a-41d4-9585-18e8c6aa9b26: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Non-type (adult female) in BM(NH). Ventral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1572838; e25e856f-578a-41d4-9585-18e8c6aa9b26: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Labels from non-type (adult female) in BM(NH). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1572839; 6acd3cee-22d4-479e-857f-19a2c8e17a40: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Non-type (adult male) in BM(NH). Dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1572839; 6acd3cee-22d4-479e-857f-19a2c8e17a40: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Non-type (adult male) in BM(NH). Ventral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1572839; 6acd3cee-22d4-479e-857f-19a2c8e17a40: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Labels from non-type (adult male) in BM(NH). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1572839; 6acd3cee-22d4-479e-857f-19a2c8e17a40: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Labels from non-type (adult male) in BM(NH). Underside. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (22)

  • Blatta gigantea Linnaeus, 1758: 242.
  • Blatta livida Gronov, 1764: 174.
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  • Blaberus giganteus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Pellens & Grandcolas, 2008: 44. Phylogeny
  • Blaberus giganteus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Cerreta, Smith, Heugten & Minter, 2022: 28.

Nomenclature references (18)

  • Bruijning, C.F.A. (1959) The Blattidae of Surinam. In Studies on the Fauna of Suriname and other Guyanas. vol. 2. 1–103, 40 figs.
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1865) Nouveau Système des Blattaires. G. Braumüller, Vienna, 426 pp. 13 pls.
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  • Cerreta, A.J., Smith, D.C., Heugten, K.A.-V. & Minter, L.J. (2022) Comparative nutrient analysis of four species of cockroaches used as food for insectivores by life stage, species, and sex. 41, 26–33.
  • Gronov, L.T. (1764)
  • Jurberg, J., Albuquerque, R.E.S., Rebordoes, A.M.P., Goncalves, M.P. & Felippe, M. (1977) Contribuiçao ao conhecimento de alguns Blaberidae da Coleçâo do Museu National do Rio de Janeiro com um estudo morfologico da genitám externa (Blattaria, Dictyoptera). Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 37(3), 539–555.
  • Linnaeus, C. (1758) In Systema naturae 1, ed. 10, Holmiae.
  • Pellens, R. & Grandcolas, P. (2008) Catalogue of Blattaria (Insecta) from Brazil. Zootaxa, 1709, 1–109.
  • Princis, K. (1946) Drei neue neotropische Blattoden. 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. W. Junk, s'Gravenhage. Issue 4, 76–172 pp.
  • Rocha e Silva, I. (1964)
  • Rocha e Silva, I. (1972) Inventário dos Blattaria da Amâzonia, com descriçao de três espécies novas. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi. Nova Serie, Zoologia, 76, 1–38.
  • Roth, L.M. (1969) The evolution of male tergal glands in the Blattariae. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 62, 176–208.
  • Roth, L.M. (1970) The male genitalia of Blattaria. IV. Blaberidae: Blaberinae. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 77(3), 308–342.
  • Saussure, H.de (1862) Orthoptera nova Americana (Diagnoses praeliminares) (Series III). Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, 14, 163–171, 227–234.
  • Seba (1765)
  • Vanschuytbroeck, P. (1969) 1969 Catalogue des Blattarie conservés dans les collections Entomologiques de l’Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. 46, 1–20.
  • 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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