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Blaberus discoidalis Serville, 1838

West Indian leaf cockroach; drummer

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

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
  • 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) 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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