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Balta spuria (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865): Copyright UMO, Oxford. Type of synonym Blatta latirupta, dorsal view. (Otu).
Balta spuria (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865): Copyright UMO, Oxford. Type of synonym Blatta latirupta, dorsal view. (Otu).
Balta spuria (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865): CC BY-NC-ND 4.0/MNHN - Depraetere Marion - 2014. Type, female, of bitaeniata Saussure, 1869. Specimen number: MNHN-EP-EP1539. http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/ep/ep1539. (Otu).
Balta spuria (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865): CC BY-NC-ND 4.0/MNHN - Depraetere Marion - 2014. Type, female, of bitaeniata Saussure, 1869. Specimen number: MNHN-EP-EP1539. http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/ep/ep1539. (Otu).
Balta spuria (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865): CC BY-NC-ND 4.0/MNHN - Depraetere Marion - 2014. Type, female, of bitaeniata Saussure, 1869. Specimen number: MNHN-EP-EP1539. http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/ep/ep1539. (Otu).
Balta spuria (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865): CC BY-NC-ND 4.0/MNHN - Depraetere Marion - 2014. Type, male, of spuria Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865. Specimen number: MNHN-EP-EP1540. http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/ep/ep1540. (Otu).
Balta spuria (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865): CC BY-NC-ND 4.0/MNHN - Depraetere Marion - 2014. Type, male, of spuria Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865. Specimen number: MNHN-EP-EP1540. http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/ep/ep1540. (Otu).
Balta spuria (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865): CC BY-NC-ND 4.0/MNHN - Depraetere Marion - 2014. Type, male, of spuria Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865. Specimen number: MNHN-EP-EP1540. http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/ep/ep1540. (Otu).
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Nomenclature (9)

  • Phyllodromia spuria Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865: 96.
  • Blatta latirupta Walker, 1869: 143.
  • Apolyta marginata Tepper, 1895 (synonym of Phyllodromia spuria Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865)
  • Balta spuria (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865) in Princis, 1969: 970.

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Stål, C. (1858) Ofv. Sv. Vet. Akad. Forhandl., 15.
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1865) Nouveau Système des Blattaires. G. Braumüller, Vienna, 426 pp. 13 pls.
  • Saussure, H.L.F.de (1869) Mélanges orthoptérologiques. Memoires de la Societe de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Geneve, 20(Part 2), 227–328 + 2 pls.
  • Walker, F. (1869) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria and Supplement to the Blattariae in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. British Museum (Natural History), London, 224 pp.
  • Tepper, J.G.O. (1895) Notes on Victorian and other Blattariae and descriptions of new species. Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust., 19, 146–166.
  • 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.
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Species1045
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: spurious, false.