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Species

Parcoblatta americana (Scudder, 1900)

western wood cockroach
Parcoblatta americana (Scudder, 1900): Photo taken by Heidi Hopkins. (Otu).
Parcoblatta americana (Scudder, 1900): Photo taken by Heidi Hopkins. (Otu).
Parcoblatta americana (Scudder, 1900): Photo taken by Heidi Hopkins. (Otu).
Parcoblatta americana (Scudder, 1900): Photo taken by Heidi Hopkins. (Otu).
Parcoblatta americana (Scudder, 1900): Copyright Alan Jeon. Parcoblatta americana female, Chino Hills, California. (Otu).
Parcoblatta americana (Scudder, 1900): Copyright Alan Jeon. Parcoblatta americana male, Chino Hills, California. (Otu).

Nomenclature (20)

  • Loboptera americana Scudder, 1900: 8, 93.
  • Loboptera americana Scudder, 1900: 329.
  • Ischnoptera consobrina Baker, 1905 (subjective synonym of Loboptera americana Scudder, 1900) in Princis, 1969: 717.
  • Parcoblatta americana (Scudder, 1900) in Princis, 1969: 716.

Nomenclature references (19)

  • Saussure, H.L.F.de (1862) Orthoptera nova Americana (Diagnoses praeliminares) (Series III). Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, 14, 163–171, 227–234.
  • Scudder, S.H. (1900) Catalogue of the described Orthoptera of the United States and Canada. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences, 8, 1–102, plates I-III. [1899]
  • Scudder, S.H. (1900) New or little known Californian Orthoptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 32(11), 329–332. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22161#page/345/mode/1up
  • Scudder, S.H. (1901) Alphabetical index to North American Orthoptera described in the eighteenth and nineteenth centures. Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History, 6, 1–436. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/31824#page/15/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1904) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera. Vol. I. Orthopter. Euplexoptera Cursoria, et Gressoria. Taylor & Francis, London, x + 501 pp.
  • Baker, C.F. (1905) Second report on Pacific slope Orthoptera. Invertebrata Pacifica, Estación Agronómica, Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba, 1, 71–83. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47188#page/79/mode/1up
  • Hart, C.A. (1906) Notes of a winter trip to Texas, with an annotated list of the Orthoptera. Entomological News, 17, 154–160. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2562864
  • Shelford, R.W.C. (1908) Orthoptera. Fam. Blattidae, subfam. Phyllodromiinae. Genera Insectorum, 73, 1–28.
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. Vol. III. Orthoptera saltatoria part ii (Locustidae vel Acridiidae). vii + 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64951
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1910) A Revision of the North American Species of the Genus Ischnoptera (Orthoptera). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 62(2), 407–453.
  • 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
  • Hebard, M. (1921) Mexican records of Blattidae (Orthoptera). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 47(3), 199–220.
  • Chopard, L. (1928) La faune des Orthoptères des montagnes des Etats-Unis et ses rapports avec la faune paléarctique. In Contribution à l'étude du peuplement des hautes montagnes. Societé de Biogéographie, Paris. Vol. 2, 142–149. Available at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k64170790/f150.image
  • Fulton, B.B. (1930) Notes on Oregon Orthoptera with descriptions of new species and races. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 23(4), 611–641. Available at https://orthsoc.org/sina/i00lf30.pdf
  • Ball, E.D., Tinkham, E.R., Flock, R. & Vorhies, C.T. (1942) The grasshoppers and other Orthoptera of Arizona. University of Arizona College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin, 93, 257–373.
  • Rivers, I.L. (1948) A synopsis of Nevada Orthoptera. The American Midland Naturalist, 39, 652–720.
  • Essig, E.O. (1958) Insects and mites of western North America. MacMillan, New York, rev. edit., 1050 pp.
  • Helfer, J.R. (1963) How to know the grasshoppers, cockroaches, and their allies. Wm. C. Brown Co., Dubuque, Iowa, USA, 1–354 pp.
  • 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.

Other references (0)

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1045