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Symploce pallens (Stephens, 1835)

Smooth Cockroach; Unadorned Cockroach
Symploce pallens (Stephens, 1835): CC BY-NC-ND 4.0/MNHN - Depraetere Marion - 2014. Type, male, of platystyla Chopard, 1938. Specimen number: MNHN-EP-EP1780. http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/ep/ep1780. (Otu).
Symploce pallens (Stephens, 1835): CC BY-NC-ND 4.0/MNHN - Depraetere Marion - 2014. Type, male, of platystyla Chopard, 1938. Specimen number: MNHN-EP-EP1780. http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/ep/ep1780. (Otu).
Symploce pallens (Stephens, 1835): CC BY-NC-ND 4.0/MNHN - Depraetere Marion - 2014. Type, male, of platystyla Chopard, 1938. Specimen number: MNHN-EP-EP1780. http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/ep/ep1780. (Otu).
Symploce pallens (Stephens, 1835): CC BY-NC-ND 4.0/MNHN - Depraetere Marion - 2014. Type, male, of platystyla Chopard, 1938. Specimen number: MNHN-EP-EP1780. http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/ep/ep1780. (Otu).
Symploce pallens (Stephens, 1835): CC BY-NC-ND 4.0/MNHN - Depraetere Marion - 2014. Type, male, of platystyla Chopard, 1938. Specimen number: MNHN-EP-EP1780. http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/ep/ep1780. (Otu).
Symploce lita Hebard, 1916 now Symploce pallens (Stephens, 1835): Photo by Heidi Hopkins. dorsal habitus. (Otu).
Symploce lita Hebard, 1916 now Symploce pallens (Stephens, 1835): Photo by Heidi Hopkins. ventral habitus. (Otu).
Symploce lita Hebard, 1916 now Symploce pallens (Stephens, 1835): Photo by Heidi Hopkins. labels. (Otu).
Symploce capitata (Saussure, 1862) now Symploce pallens (Stephens, 1835): Symploce capitata. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1587771; MNHN(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) MNHN-EP-EP1779, 72221a51-74f1-435a-b284-dad3edf511cb: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0/MNHN - Depraetere Marion - 2014. Non type, male. Specimen number: MNHN-EP-EP1779. http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/ep/ep1779. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1587771; MNHN(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) MNHN-EP-EP1779, 72221a51-74f1-435a-b284-dad3edf511cb: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0/MNHN - Depraetere Marion - 2014. Non type, male. Specimen number: MNHN-EP-EP1779. http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/ep/ep1779. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (27)

  • Ectobius pallens Stephens, 1835: 46.
  • Blatta capitata Saussure, 1862: 167.
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  • Blatta capitata Saussure, 1862 (subjective synonym of Ectobius pallens Stephens, 1835) in Roth, 1982: 279. Classification
  • Cahita gracilis Rocha e Silva Albuquerque, 1965 (synonym of Ectobius pallens Stephens, 1835) in Roth, 2003: 98.

Nomenclature references (15)

  • Asahina, S. (1979) Taxonomic notes on Japanese Blattaria, XI. The species of the tribe Ischnopterites. I. Japanese Journal of Sanitary Zoology, 30(3), 217–235.
  • Chopard, L. (1938) Orthoptera. 1. Dictyoptera, Phasmodea, Ensifera. Mission Scientifique de l'omo. Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, N.S., 8, 89–134.
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  • Hebard, M. (1916) Studies in the group Ischnopterites (Orthoptera, Blattidae, Pseudomopinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 42(4), 337–383.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. & Chopard, L. (1954) Blattodea from northern Kenya and Jubaland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 7, 166–187.
  • Kumar, R. (1975) A review of the cockroaches of West Africa and the Congo Basin (Dictyoptera: Blattaria). Bulletin de l’Institut Fondamental d’Afrique Noire, Series A: Sciences Naturelles, 37(1), 27–121.
  • Perkins, R.C.L. (1899) Orthoptera. Fauna Hawaiiensis, 2(Part 1), 1–30.
  • Princis, K. (1951) Neue und wenig bekannte Blattarien aus dem Zoologischen Museum, Kopenhagen. Spolia Mus. Zool. Hauniensis, 12, 5–72.
  • Princis, K. (1959) Zwei neue Blattarien von den Kapverdischen Inseln. Eos, Revista Española de Entomología, 35, 279–282.
  • 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.
  • Rocha e Silva Albuquerque, I. (1965) Novas ocorrencias de Blattaria no Brasil e descricao de tres especies novas (Orth., Blattoidea). Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (Nova Série), Zoologia, 57, 1–11, Figs 1–12.
  • Roth, L.M. (1982) Ovoviviparity in the blattellid cockroach, Symploce bimaculata (Gerstaecker) (Dictyoptera: Blattaria: Blattellidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 84(2), 277–280.
  • Roth, L.M. (2003) Systematics and phylogeny of cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattaria). Oriental Insects, 37, 1–186.
  • Saussure, H.de (1862) Orthoptera nova Americana (Diagnoses praeliminares) (Series III). Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, 14, 163–171, 227–234.
  • Stephens, J.F. (1835) Mandibulata. In Illustrations of British Entomology; or, a Synopsis of Indigenous Insects: Containing their Generic and Specific Distinctions; with an Account of their Metamorphoses, Times of Appearance, Localities, Food, and Economy, as far as Practicable. Vol. 6, 240 pp.
  • Walker, F. (1868) Catalogue of the Specimens of Blattariae in the Collection of the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History), E. Newman, Printer, London, 239 pp.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
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