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Blattella germanica (Linnaeus, 1767)

German cockroach; crotonbug
Blattella germanica (Linnaeus, 1767): Copyright Paul Brock. German Cockroach, Blattella germanica, female. Captive stock. (Otu).
Blattella germanica (Linnaeus, 1767): Copyright Paul Brock. German Cockroach, Blattella germanica, female. Captive stock. (Otu).
Blattella germanica (Linnaeus, 1767): Copyright Paul Brock. German Cockroach, Blattella germanica, male. Captive stock. (Otu).
Blattella germanica (Linnaeus, 1767): (Otu).
CollectionObject 1553107; NTUC 753, c117b5aa-fc72-4a7a-ac4d-d9a40c84dff5: copyright NTUC. female of synonym Phyllodromia niitakana (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1553107; NTUC 753, c117b5aa-fc72-4a7a-ac4d-d9a40c84dff5: copyright NTUC. female, ventral view of synonym Phyllodromia niitakana (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1553107; NTUC 753, c117b5aa-fc72-4a7a-ac4d-d9a40c84dff5: copyright NTUC. female, data labels of synonym Phyllodromia niitakana (syntype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (43)

  • Blatta transfuga Brünnich, 1763 in Pontoppidan, 1763: 679.
  • Blatta transfuga Brünnich, 1763 (suppressed under Blatta germanica Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Blattella germanica (Linnaeus, 1767) in Kamran, Schapheer, Ali, Maldonado, Iqbal, Arif & Villagra, 2021: 624.
  • Blattella germanica (Linnaeus, 1767) in Firsov, Kosherova & Mukha, 2022

Nomenclature references (25)

  • Pontoppidan, E.L. (1763) In Den Danske atlas eller Konge-Riget Dannemark, med dets naturlige egenskaber, elementer, indbyggere, værter, dyr og andre affødninger, dets gamle tildragelser og nærværende omstændingheder i alle provintzer, stæder, kirker, slotte og herre-gaarde. Forestillet ved en udførlig lands-beskrivelse, saa og oplyst med dertil forfærdigede land-kort over enhver provintz... Godiche, Kiøbenhavn. Vol. 1, pp. [1–6], I-XL [= 1–40], [1–4], 1–723, Tab. I-XXX [= 1–30], 1 map.
  • Linnaeus, C. (1767) In Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tom. I. Pt 2. Edito duodecia, reformata, Holmiae : Laur. Salvii. 533–1327 pp.
  • Laxmann, E. (1769) M. Erich Laxmann's Sibirische briefe, herausgegeben von August Ludwig Schlo̊zer. Johann Christian Dieterich, Goettingen und Gotha, 104 pp.
  • Pallas, P.S. (1773) Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reiches. Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, St. Petersburg, Vol. 2, 744 pp. Available at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k97334n/f706.item
  • Daldorf (1793) XIV. Uddrag af Hr. Daldorfs Dagbog. Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, 2(2), 147–173.
  • Billberg, G.J. (1820) Enumeratio Insectorum in Museo Gustave Johann Billberg. Typis Gadelianis, Stockholm, 138 pp.
  • Harris, T.W. (1835) VIII. Catalogue of Insects in Massachusetts. In E. Hitchcock (Ed.). Report on the geology, minerology, botany and zoology of Massachusetts. J.S. and C. Adams, 1835. pp. 553–602. [702 pp.]
  • 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]
  • Blanchard, C.É. (1851) Fauna Chilena. Insectos. Orden IV. Ortopteros. Historia Fisica y Politica de Chile: Zoologia, 6, 5–85.
  • Scudder, S.H. (1862) Materials for a monograph of the North American Orthoptera including a catalogue of the known New England species. Boston Journal of Natural History, 7(3), 409–480. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/materialsformono00scudrich
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1865) Nouveau Système des Blattaires. G. Braumüller, Vienna, 426 pp. 13 pls.
  • Thomas, C. (1876) A list of Orthoptera collected by J. D. Putnam during the summers of 1872-1875, chiefly in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming Territories. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences, 1, 249–264. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88764#page/265/mode/1up
  • Tepper, J.G.O. (1893) The Blattariae of Australia and Polynesia. Trans. R. Soc. S. Austral., 17, 25–126.
  • Tepper, J.G.O. (1895) Descriptions of new or little known species of Blattariae, Gryllacridae and Stenopelmatidae collected at Lake Callabonna, S. A. Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust., 19, 19–24.
  • Marlatt, C.L. (1896) Cockroaches and house ants. In L.O. Howard & C.L. Marlatt (Eds.). The Principal Household Insects of the United States. US Department of Agriculture, Division of Entomology, Washington: Government Printing Office. pp. 84–99. [130 pp.]
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1903) The Orthoptera of Indiana. Annual Report of the Department of Geology and Natural Resources of Indiana, 27, 123–471. [1902]
  • Caudell, A.N. (1903) Notes on the nomenclature of Blattidae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 5, 232–234.
  • Karny, H.H. (1908) Blattaeformia Oothecaria. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena, 13, 355–390 + 3 plates.
  • 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
  • Hanitsch, R. (1925) On a collection of Blattidae from northern Sarawak, chiefly Mt. Murud and Mt. Dulit. The Sarawak Museum Journal, 3(1), 75–106.
  • Shiraki, T. (1931) Orthoptera of the Japanese Empire. Part II. (Blattidae). Insecta Matsumurana, 5(4), 171–209.
  • Princis, K. (1969) Blattariae: Subordo Epilamproidea. Fam.: Blattellidae. In M. Beier (Ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. Pars 13. W. Junk, s'Gravenhage [The Hague]. 712–1038 pp.
  • Roth, L.M. (1985) A taxonomic revision of the genus Blattella Caudell (Dictyoptera, Blattaria: Blattellidae). Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement, 22, 1–221.
  • Kamran, K., Schapheer, C., Ali, A., Maldonado, A.K., Iqbal, A., Arif, S. & Villagra, C. (2021) Spatial distribution of synanthropic cockroaches found in Quetta, Pakistan and antibiotic-resistant bacteria strains found in Shelfordella lateralis (Walker, 1868) (Blattodea: Blattidae). Entomological Research, 51, 624–638.
  • Firsov, S.Y., Kosherova, K.A. & Mukha, D.V. (2022) Identification and functional characterization of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica, short interspersed nuclear elements. PLOS One, 17(6:e0266699), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0266699

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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Species101819
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Etymology:

From Germany.