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Blaberus discoidalis Serville, 1838

West Indian leaf cockroach; drummer

Copyright Natural History Museum, London Labels from lectotype (adult male) of Blabera subspurcata Walker, 1868 in BM(NH). Underside Depicts Blaberus discoidalis Serville, 1838, an Otu.
Copyright Natural History Museum, London Labels from lectotype (adult male) of Blabera subspurcata Walker, 1868 in BM(NH). Underside Depicts Blaberus discoidalis Serville, 1838, an Otu.
Copyright Natural History Museum, London Paralectotype (adult male) of Blabera subspurcata Walker, 1868 in BM(NH). Ventral view Depicts Blaberus discoidalis Serville, 1838, an Otu.
Copyright Natural History Museum, London Non-type (adult female) in BM(NH). Dorsal view Depicts CollectionObject 1572836; bf19120e-a518-41c0-96d7-2597ae76e34b, a CollectionObject.
Copyright Natural History Museum, London Labels from paralectotype (adult male) of Blabera subspurcata Walker, 1868 in BM(NH) Depicts Blaberus discoidalis Serville, 1838, an Otu.
Copyright Natural History Museum, London Non-type (adult female) in BM(NH). Ventral view Depicts CollectionObject 1572836; bf19120e-a518-41c0-96d7-2597ae76e34b, a CollectionObject.
Copyright Natural History Museum, London Paralectotype (adult male) of Blabera subspurcata Walker, 1868 in BM(NH). Dorsal view Depicts Blaberus discoidalis Serville, 1838, an Otu.
Copyright Natural History Museum, London Lectotype (adult male) of Blabera subspurcata Walker, 1868 in BM(NH). Dorsal view Depicts Blaberus discoidalis Serville, 1838, an Otu.
Copyright Natural History Museum, London Lectotype (adult male) of Blabera subspurcata Walker, 1868 in BM(NH). Ventral view Depicts Blaberus discoidalis Serville, 1838, an Otu.
Copyright Natural History Museum, London Lectotype (adult male) of Blabera subspurcata Walker, 1868 in BM(NH). Detached parts Depicts Blaberus discoidalis Serville, 1838, an Otu.
Copyright Natural History Museum, London Labels from non-type (adult female) in BM(NH) Depicts CollectionObject 1572836; bf19120e-a518-41c0-96d7-2597ae76e34b, a CollectionObject.
Copyright Natural History Museum, London Labels from lectotype (adult male) of Blabera subspurcata Walker, 1868 in BM(NH) Depicts Blaberus discoidalis Serville, 1838, an Otu.

Nomenclature (14)

  • Blabera [sic] discoidalis Serville, 1838: 76.
  • Blabera [sic] varians Serville, 1838: 78.
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  • Blaberus discoidalis Serville, 1838 in Roth, 1969 Phylogeny or classification
  • Blaberus discoidalis Serville, 1838 in Wang, Othayoth & Li, 2022 Behavior

Nomenclature references (10)

  • McKittrick, F.A. (1964) Evolutionary studies of cockroaches. Cornell Univ. Agric. Exp. Sta. Mem., 389.
  • Princis, K. (1946) Drei neue neotropische Blattoden. 16(17), 159–166.
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  • 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.
  • 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 & Zehntner, L. (1894) Biol. Centr. Amer., Zool., Orthopt., 1.
  • Saussure, H.de (1864) Blattarum novarum species aliquot. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, 2, 341–349.
  • 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]
  • Walker, F. (1868) In Catalogue of the Specimens of Blattariae in the Collection of the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History), E. Newman, Printer, London. 239 pp.
  • Wang, Y., Othayoth, R. & Li, C. (2022) Cockroaches adjust body and appendages to traverse cluttered large obstacles. 225(10), jeb243605: 17 pages.

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