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Attaphila fungicola Wheeler, 1900

ant cockroach

Nomenclature (4)

  • Attaphila fungicola Wheeler, 1900: 860.

    Lectotype; male; f39d9913-a914-4d9a-ab40-0c607e46ed2b; deposited at: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH); United States: Texas: Austin.

  • Attaphila fungicola Wheeler, 1900 in Hebard, 1917: 214-215. Description/Redescription
  • Attaphila fungicola Wheeler, 1900 in Princis, 1963: 110.
  • Attaphila fungicola Wheeler, 1900 in Bohn, Nehring, Rodriguez & Klass, 2021: 246. Description/Redescription

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Bohn, H., Nehring, V., Rodriguez, J.G. & Klass, K.-D. (2021) Revision of the genus Attaphila (Blattodea: Blaberoidea), myrmecophiles living in the mushroom gardens of leafcutting ants. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 79, 205–280.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Wheeler (1900) A new myrmecophile from the mushroom gardens of the Texan leaf-cutting ant. Amer. Natural., 34(No. 407), 851–862. Available at http://www.jstor.org/stable/2453830?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

Descendants and synonyms

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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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Etymology:

Latin: fungal.