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Euthyrrhapha pacifica (Coquebert de Montbret, 1804)

Pacific cockroach
Euthyrrhapha pacifica (Coquebert de Montbret, 1804): Copyright Josef Dvorák. Euthyrrhapha pacifica - adult male and ootheca. (Otu).
Euthyrrhapha pacifica (Coquebert de Montbret, 1804): Copyright Josef Dvorák. Euthyrrhapha pacifica - adult male and ootheca. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1573120; 4f6f3598-bd94-4fd9-9d0b-98cc8ff97b95: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Non-type (adult male) in BM(NH). Dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1573120; 4f6f3598-bd94-4fd9-9d0b-98cc8ff97b95: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Non-type (adult male) in BM(NH). Ventral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1573120; 4f6f3598-bd94-4fd9-9d0b-98cc8ff97b95: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Labels from non-type (adult male) in BM(NH). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1573121; 1621f5a9-9b2e-4955-98e9-8478fb1e7aad: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Non-type (adult female) in BM(NH). Dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1573121; 1621f5a9-9b2e-4955-98e9-8478fb1e7aad: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Non-type (adult female) in BM(NH). Ventral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1573121; 1621f5a9-9b2e-4955-98e9-8478fb1e7aad: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Labels from non-type (adult female) in BM(NH). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (38)

  • Blatta pacifica Coquebert de Montbret, 1804: 91.
  • Blatta ciliata Thunberg, 1810: 189.
  • Tivia macracantha Chopard, 1950 (subjective synonym of Blatta pacifica Coquebert de Montbret, 1804) in Bohn & van Harten, 2006: 345. Classification
  • Euthyrrhapha pacifica (Coquebert de Montbret, 1804) in Bohn, 2024: 47.

Nomenclature references (22)

  • Coquebert de Montbret, J.A. (1804) Illustr. Icongr. Ins., 3.
  • Thunberg, C.P. (1810) Nagra Nya Species af Blattae slagtet. Kunglica Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, 31, 185–198. [In the original document, page 185 has mistakenly been printed as 158.]
  • Burmeister, H.C.C. (1838) Kakerlaken, Schaben. Blattina. Handbuch der Entomologie, 2(2), 469–517.
  • Serville, J.G.A. (1838) Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Orthoptères. In Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret [Collection des Suites à Buffon]. Roret, Paris. . xviii + 776 pp. [1839]
  • de la Sagra, R. (1857) Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'ile de Cuba. Partie Descriptive. Insectes. A. Bertrand (Ed.). Libraire de la Societe de Geographie et de la Societe Royale des Antiquaires du Nord, Paris, 1–868 pp.
  • Saussure, H.L.F.de (1864) Memoires pour servir a l'histoire naturelle du Mexique, dos Antilles, et des Etats-Unis. Orthoptères de l'Amerique moyenne. Famille des Blattides. Ramboz et Schuchardt, Geneve, 279 pp.
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1865) Nouveau Système des Blattaires. G. Braumüller, Vienna, 426 pp. 13 pls.
  • 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.
  • Walker, F. (1875) In Mellis. In St. Helena, London.
  • Kirby, W.F. (1904) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera. Vol. I. Orthopter. Euplexoptera Cursoria, et Gressoria. Taylor & Francis, London, x + 501 pp.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1922) Contributions to our knowledge of the Dermaptera and Orthoptera of the Transvaal and Natal. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 9(1), 1–99.
  • Chopard, L. (1929) Orthoptera Palaearctica critica. VII. Les polyphagiens de la faune Paléarctique (Orth., Blatt.). Eos, Revista Española de Entomología, 5, 223–358.
  • Chopard, L. (1950) Orthoptéroides cavernicoles du Congo Belge. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, 43, 244–250.
  • Fernando, W. (1957) Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 12(10).
  • Fernando, W. (1959) Two new cockroaches of the genus Sphecophila from Ceylon. Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Science), 2, 244–248.
  • Princis, K. (1960) Zur systematic der Blattarian. Eos, Revista Española de Entomología, 36(4), 427–449.
  • Princis, K. (1963) Blattariae. Revision der südafrikanischen Blattarienfauna. In South African Animal Life. Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951. Swedish Natural Resource Council, Stockholm. Vol. 9, pp. 9–318.
  • 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.
  • Princis, K. (1970) La fauna terrestre de l'île de Saint-Hélèna (Première partie). 5. Blattariae. Ann. Mus. Royal Afr. Centrale Ser., 181, 165–176.
  • Princis, K. (1971) Blattariae: Subordo Epilamproidea. Fam.: Ectobiidae. In M. Beier (Ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. Pars 14. W. Junk, s'Gravenhage [The Hague]. 1041–1224 pp.
  • Bohn, H. & Van Harten, A. (2006) Contribution to the cockroach fauna (Insecta: Blattoptera) of Yemen, with remarks on adjacent areas. Fauna of Arabia, 22, 345–379.
  • Bohn, H. (2024) The spine armament of the legs as an important means for the characterisation of the genera of Corydiinae and their relationships (Blattodea, Corydiidae). Zootaxa, 5482(1), 1–79. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5482.1.1

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species101617