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Blaberus scutatus Saussure & Zehntner, 1893

Blaberus scutatus Saussure & Zehntner, 1893: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Syntype (adult male) in BM(NH). Dorsal view. (Otu).
Blaberus scutatus Saussure & Zehntner, 1893: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Syntype (adult male) in BM(NH). Dorsal view. (Otu).
Blaberus scutatus Saussure & Zehntner, 1893: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Syntype (adult male) in BM(NH). Ventral view. (Otu).
Blaberus scutatus Saussure & Zehntner, 1893: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Syntype (adult male) in BM(NH). Detatched part. (Otu).
Blaberus scutatus Saussure & Zehntner, 1893: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Labels from syntype (adult male) in BM(NH). (Otu).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Blabera [sic] scutatus Saussure & Zehntner, 1893 in Saussure, Zehntner & Pictet, 1893: 119.

    Syntype; male; 37ec407d-148f-44ab-b610-99ccc4f5d79a; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); . Syntype; male; 1cfed9ec-25d3-4cd5-9dfd-5c5be615d73a; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); . Syntype; male; 01ba701a-b478-4e1a-87c2-664a120fef56; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); . Syntype; female; 7fa0e12a-c93e-49a9-b57b-781b69e491f6; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); . Syntypes (n= 2); female; 13bfaf6e-3c74-4374-9400-7cf449f98649; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); . Syntype; male; 484e3349-729b-45c7-89b8-49e918aabb3d; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); . Syntype; immature; 643433cd-8f18-4d63-94b1-95447477041f; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG);

  • Blaberus scutatus Saussure & Zehntner, 1893 in Princis, 1963: 132.
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  • Blaberus scutatus Saussure & Zehntner, 1893 in Roth, 1970: 312, 319. Phylogeny
  • Blaberus scutatus Saussure & Zehntner, 1893 in Pellens & Grandcolas, 2008: 44. Phylogeny

Nomenclature references (8)

  • 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
  • Pellens, R. & Grandcolas, P. (2008) Catalogue of Blattaria (Insecta) from Brazil. Zootaxa, 1709, 1–109.
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  • 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.
  • Rocha e Silva Albuquerque, I. (1964) Check-list dos Blattaria brasileiros. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, 41, 1–41.
  • 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, Zehntner, L. & Pictet, A. (1893) Insecta–Orthoptera. Vol. I. Suborder Orthoptera genuina. Fam. Blattidae. Biologia Centrali-Americana, 1, 13–123. [Date of publication given as 1893-1899]
  • Vanschuytbroeck, P. (1969) Catalogue des Blattarie conservés dans les collections Entomologiques de l’Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Polyphagoidea et Blaberoidea. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique - Bulletin van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, 45(14), 1–21.

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Etymology:

Latin: shielded.