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Species

Blaberus atropos (Stoll, 1813)

Blaberus atropos (Stoll, 1813): Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Holotype (adult male) of Blabera laticollis Walker, 1868 in BM(NH). Dorsal view. (Otu).
Blaberus atropos (Stoll, 1813): Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Holotype (adult male) of Blabera laticollis Walker, 1868 in BM(NH). Dorsal view. (Otu).
Blaberus atropos (Stoll, 1813): Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Holotype (adult male) of Blabera laticollis Walker, 1868 in BM(NH). Ventral view. (Otu).
Blaberus atropos (Stoll, 1813): Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Labels from holotype (adult male) of Blabera laticollis Walker, 1868 in BM(NH). (Otu).
Blaberus atropos (Stoll, 1813): Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Labels from holotype (adult male) of Blabera laticollis Walker, 1868 in BM(NH). Underside. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1572831; ac8241af-760c-429e-9418-59a9d10e218c: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Non-type (adult female) in BM(NH). Dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1572831; ac8241af-760c-429e-9418-59a9d10e218c: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Non-type (adult female) in BM(NH). Ventral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1572831; ac8241af-760c-429e-9418-59a9d10e218c: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Labels from non-type (adult female) in BM(NH). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1572834; 219a4f0e-e7e1-4e88-8b0e-fe824ded09fb: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Non-type (adult male) in BM(NH). Dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1572834; 219a4f0e-e7e1-4e88-8b0e-fe824ded09fb: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Non-type (adult male) in BM(NH). Ventral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1572834; 219a4f0e-e7e1-4e88-8b0e-fe824ded09fb: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Labels from non-type (adult male) in BM(NH). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (14)

  • Blatta atropos Stoll, 1813: Plate 2d, page 4.
  • Blabera [sic] fusca Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865: 376.
  • Blaberus atropos (Stoll, 1813) in Pellens & Grandcolas, 2008: 43. Phylogeny
  • Blaberus atropos (Stoll, 1813) in Lopes & Oliveira, 2013: 82. Phylogeny

Nomenclature references (12)

  • Stoll, C. (1813) Représentation exactement coloree d'apres nature des Spectres ou Phasmes, des Mantes, des Sauterelles, des Grillons, des Criquets et des Blattes, qui se trouvent dans les quatre parties du Monde. L'Europe, L'Asia, L'Afrique et L'Amerique; ressemblées et déscrites. C.J. Sepp & Fils, Amsterdam. [Apparently this is Vol. 2, though not found in the front matter.]
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1865) Nouveau Système des Blattaires. G. Braumüller, Vienna, 426 pp. 13 pls.
  • 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.
  • Hebard, M. (1917) The Blattidae of North America north of the Mexican boundary. Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc., 2, 1–284 10pls. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/27822#page/224/mode/1up
  • Princis, K. (1946) Drei neue neotropische Blattoden. Kungliga fysiografiska Sällskapets i Lund Förhandlingar, 16(17), 159–166.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Pellens, R. & Grandcolas, P. (2008) Catalogue of Blattaria (Insecta) from Brazil. Zootaxa, 1709, 1–109.
  • Lopes, S.M. & Oliveira, E.H. (2013) New group, new species and new records from Brazil of the atropos, brasilianus and giganteus groups (Blattaria, Blaberidae, Blaberinae). Biota Neotropica, 13(2), 81–95.

Other references (0)

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1034