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Parcoblatta pennsylvanica (De Geer, 1773)

Pennsylvanian wood cockroach

Parcoblatta pennsylvanica (De Geer, 1773): Copyright Alan Jeon. Parcoblatta pennsylvanica adult pair, Wake Forest, North Carolina. (Otu).
Parcoblatta pennsylvanica (De Geer, 1773): Copyright Alan Jeon. Parcoblatta pennsylvanica adult pair, Wake Forest, North Carolina. (Otu).
Parcoblatta flavocincta (Scudder, 1862): Photo taken by Heidi Hopkins. (Otu).
Parcoblatta flavocincta (Scudder, 1862): Photo taken by Heidi Hopkins. (Otu).
Parcoblatta flavocincta (Scudder, 1862): Photo taken by Heidi Hopkins. (Otu).

Nomenclature (27)

  • Blatta pennsylvanica De Geer, 1773: 537.
  • Blatta cincta Fabricius, 1787: 226.
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  • Ischnoptera inaequalis Saussure & Zehntner, 1893 (subjective synonym of Blatta pennsylvanica De Geer, 1773) in Princis, 1969: 728. Classification
  • Parcoblatta pennsylvanica (De Geer, 1773) in Princis, 1969: 724.

Nomenclature references (13)

  • Billberg, G.J. (1820) Enumeratio Insectorum in Museo Gustave Johann Billberg. Typis Gadelianis, Stockholm, 138 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]
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  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1865) Nouveau Système des Blattaires. G. Braumüller, Vienna, 426 pp. 13 pls.
  • De Geer, C. (1773) Douzieme memoire: Des Grillons, Des Blattes, & Des Perce-Oreilles. In Mémoires pour servir à l'Histiore des Insectes. Pierre Hesselberg, Stockholm, Sweden. pp. 505–554. [696 pp.]
  • Fabricius, J.C. (1787) In Mantissa Insectorum. 1. Hafniae. 348 pp.
  • Fernald, C.H. (1888) The Orthoptera of New England. Wright & Potter Printing Company, Boston, 1–61 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35173
  • Princis, K. (1969) Blattariae: Subordo Epilamproidea. Fam.: Blattellidae. In M. Beier (Ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. W. Junk, s'Gravenhage. Issue 13, 712–1038 pp.
  • Saussure, H.de (1862) Orthoptera nova Americana (Diagnoses praeliminares) (Series III). Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, 14, 163–171, 227–234.
  • Saussure, H.de (1864) Memoires pour servir a l'histoire naturelle du Mexique, dos Antilles, et des Etats-Unis. Ortbopteres de l'Amerique moyenne. Famille des Blattides. Imprimerie Ramboz et Schuchardt, Geneve, 279 pp.
  • 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]
  • 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
  • Scudder, S.H. (1872) Notes on the Orthoptera collected by Dr. F. V. Hayden in Nebraska. Part III Entomology. In Final Report of the United States Geological Survey of Nebraska and Portions of the adjecent territories made under the direction of the commissioner of the General Land office. U. S. Govt. Printing Office, Washington. 249–261 pp.
  • Walker, F. (1871) In Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. Part V. Supplement to the Catalogue of Blattariae. British Museum (Natural History) London : British Museum (Natural History), London. 40 pp.

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From Pennsylvania.