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Bionoblatta hylaeceps (Miranda Ribeiro, 1936)

CollectionObject 1588607; 3560a75b-b71b-4bba-a8d8-8eba5c1ef3c8: Photo by Heidi Hopkins. ANSP: Bion mastrucatus. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1588607; 3560a75b-b71b-4bba-a8d8-8eba5c1ef3c8: Photo by Heidi Hopkins. ANSP: Bion mastrucatus. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1588607; 3560a75b-b71b-4bba-a8d8-8eba5c1ef3c8: Photo by Heidi Hopkins. ANSP: Bion mastrucatus. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1588607; 3560a75b-b71b-4bba-a8d8-8eba5c1ef3c8: Photo by Heidi Hopkins. ANSP: Biona mastrucatus. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (15)

  • Parahormetica hylaeceps Miranda Ribeiro, 1936: 218.

    Holotype; male; cf42d779-09ff-4f2c-a26e-794f86471f01;

  • Bion mastrucatus Rehn, 1937: 253.

    Holotype; male; 3560a75b-b71b-4bba-a8d8-8eba5c1ef3c8; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Brazil: São Paulo

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  • Bionoblatta hylaeceps (Miranda Ribeiro, 1936) in Polizeli & Pinto, 2025: 31. Taxonomy
  • Bionoblatta hylaeceps (Miranda Ribeiro, 1936) in Polizeli & Pinto, 2026: 95. Taxonomy

Nomenclature references (12)

  • Gurney, A.B. (1955) Synopsis of the cockroaches of the Brazilian genus "Bionoblatta" (Orthoptera, Blattidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 15, 271–277.
  • Lopes, S.M., de Oliveira, E.H. & Khouri, A. (2009) Especies de Blaberideos (Blattaria) registradas no estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 67(3-4), 229–234. [in Portuguese]
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  • Miranda Ribeiro, P. (1936) Dous novos Blattidas brasileiros. Revista do Museu Paulista, 20, 217–219.
  • Pellens, R. & Grandcolas, P. (2008) Catalogue of Blattaria (Insecta) from Brazil. Zootaxa, 1709, 1–109.
  • Polizeli, L. & Pinto, Â.P. (2024) A Taxonomic Revision of the South American Trilobite Cockroaches of Parahormetica Brunner von Wattenwyl 1865 (Blattodea: Blaberidae), with Description of Parahormetica museunacional sp. nov. from the Atlantic Forest. Neotropical Entomology, 52, 277–303. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-024-01129-6
  • Polizeli, L. & Pinto, Â.P. (2025) On the taxonomic status of two giant cockroaches of Bionoblatta (Blattodea, Blaberidae) collected by José Pinto da Fonseca, a founder of the Brazilian Society of Entomology. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 34(1), 31–38. https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.34.129911
  • Polizeli, L. & Pinto, Â.P. (2026) Revisiting the Brazilian giant cockroaches of the genus Bionoblatta (Blattodea: Blaberidae): taxonomic revision with description of Bionoblatta marcelli sp. nov. from Serra do Caraça, a mountain range in Minas Gerais State. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 321, 85–103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2025.12.003
  • 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.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1937) New or little known Neotropical Blattidae (Orthoptera). Number four. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 63, 207–258.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1940) A Substitute Name for Bion Rehn, 1937 (Orthoptera). Ent. News, 51(2), 60.
  • Rocha e Silva Albuquerque, I. (1964) Check-list dos Blattaria brasileiros. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, 41, 1–41.
  • Rocha e Silva Albuquerque, I. (1982) Lista dos Blattodea do município do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil – (Dyctioptera). Bol Mus Nac, Zool, Nov Ser, 304, 1–20.

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