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Blattodea Species File
Species

Blaptica obscura (Saussure & Zehntner, 1893)

Nomenclature (2)

  • Blabera [sic] obscura Saussure & Zehntner, 1893 in Saussure, Zehntner & Pictet, 1893: 121.

    Syntype; male; c5f4e1bd-ad6a-4d1e-9bbc-1f5b56955ed8; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG);

  • Blaptica obscura (Saussure & Zehntner, 1893) in Princis, 1963: 136.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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]

Other references (0)

Descendants and synonyms

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Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: dark, obscured.