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Holocompsa nitidula (Fabricius, 1781)

small hairy cockroach
Holocompsa nitidula (Fabricius, 1781): Holocompsa probably nitidula from house in San Jose, Costa Rica. Det. George Beccaloni. Copyright Kenji Nishida. (Otu).
Holocompsa nitidula (Fabricius, 1781): Holocompsa probably nitidula from house in San Jose, Costa Rica. Det. George Beccaloni. Copyright Kenji Nishida. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1587503; MNHN(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) MNHN-EP-EP826, 3bc76220-019d-4f45-9eef-8a7bdb452f04: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0/MNHN - Depraetere Marion - 2014. Syntype, male, of capsoides Shelford, 1911. Specimen number: MNHN-EP-EP826. http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/ep/ep826. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1587503; MNHN(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) MNHN-EP-EP826, 3bc76220-019d-4f45-9eef-8a7bdb452f04: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0/MNHN - Depraetere Marion - 2014. Syntype, male, of capsoides Shelford, 1911. Specimen number: MNHN-EP-EP826. http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/ep/ep826. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1587503; MNHN(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) MNHN-EP-EP826, 3bc76220-019d-4f45-9eef-8a7bdb452f04: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0/MNHN - Depraetere Marion - 2014. Syntype, male, of capsoides Shelford, 1911. Specimen number: MNHN-EP-EP826. http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/ep/ep826. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (8)

  • Blatta nitidula Fabricius, 1781: 345.
  • Corydia collaris Burmeister, 1838: 492.
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  • Holocompsa nitidula (Fabricius, 1781) in Asahina, 1964: 101.
  • Holocompsa nitidula (Fabricius, 1781) in Asahina, 1977: 99.

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Asahina, S. (1964) A preliminary list of the cockroaches of the Amami Islands (Blattaria). Kontyu Tokyo, 32(1), 101–104.
  • Asahina, S. (1977) Blattaria or cockroaches of Amamioshima. In Animals of medical importance in the Nansei Islands of Japan. Shinjuku-Shobo, Tokyo. 99–105 pp.
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  • Burmeister, H.C.C. (1838) Kakerlaken, Schaben. Blattina. Handbuch der Entomologie, 2(2), 469–517.
  • Fabricius, J.C. (1781) Spec. Ins., 1.
  • 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.
  • Shelford, R.W.C. (1911) Descriptions of some new species of Blattidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 8(8), 1–13.

Other references (0)

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Etymology:

Latin: shiny.