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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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  • Blabera [sic] cubensis Saussure, 1864 (synonym of Blabera [sic] discoidalis Serville, 1838) in Hollier, Marshall & Legendre, 2025: 67. Classification
  • Blabera [sic] rufescens Saussure & Zehntner, 1893 (synonym of Blabera [sic] discoidalis Serville, 1838) in Hollier, Marshall & Legendre, 2025: 69. Classification

Nomenclature references (11)

  • 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
  • McKittrick, F.A. (1964) Evolutionary studies of cockroaches. Cornell Univ. Agric. Exp. Sta. Mem., 389.
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  • 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) Blattarum novarum species aliquot. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, 2, 341–349.
  • 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]
  • 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. Journal of Experimental Biology, 225(10: jeb243605), 1–17.

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