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Polyphaga aegyptiaca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Egyptian cockroach; Egyptian desert cockroach
Polyphaga aegyptiaca (Linnaeus, 1758): Copyright Josef Dvorák. Polyphaga aegyptiaca. (Otu).
Polyphaga aegyptiaca (Linnaeus, 1758): Copyright Josef Dvorák. Polyphaga aegyptiaca. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1573040; 77bb6d28-fa45-4d86-adf1-14cf5a9b1ed9: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Non-type (adult female) in BM(NH). Dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1573040; 77bb6d28-fa45-4d86-adf1-14cf5a9b1ed9: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Non-type (adult female) in BM(NH). Ventral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1573040; 77bb6d28-fa45-4d86-adf1-14cf5a9b1ed9: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Labels from non-type (adult female) in BM(NH). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1573041; 9623e8e5-f707-404a-a226-0231b942f4e7: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Non-type (adult female) in BM(NH). Dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1573041; 9623e8e5-f707-404a-a226-0231b942f4e7: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Non-type (adult female) in BM(NH). Ventral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1573041; 9623e8e5-f707-404a-a226-0231b942f4e7: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Labels from non-type (adult female) in BM(NH). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1573042; 632d8051-67d1-430a-9915-2f181fc9cb36: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Non-type (adult male) in BM(NH). Dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1573042; 632d8051-67d1-430a-9915-2f181fc9cb36: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Non-type (adult male) in BM(NH). Ventral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1573042; 632d8051-67d1-430a-9915-2f181fc9cb36: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Labels from non-type (adult male) in BM(NH). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1573043; 8bb9949a-fd61-4064-8e1f-4c3bdc434396: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Non-type (adult male) in BM(NH). Dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1573043; 8bb9949a-fd61-4064-8e1f-4c3bdc434396: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Non-type (adult male) in BM(NH). Ventral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1573043; 8bb9949a-fd61-4064-8e1f-4c3bdc434396: Copyright Natural History Museum, London. Labels from non-type (adult male) in BM(NH). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (22)

  • Blatta aegyptiaca Linnaeus, 1758: 424.

    Syntype; male; df012720-8fbc-448d-b05c-5c9851d85751; deposited at: Uppsala University, Zoological Museum (UUZM);

  • Blatta aegyptiaca Linnaeus, 1758 in Billberg, 1820: 63.
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  • Polyphaga aegyptiaca (Linnaeus, 1758) in Kamran, Schapheer, Ali, Maldonado, Iqbal, Arif & Villagra, 2021: 624.
  • Polyphaga brasiliana Saussure, 1864 (subjective synonym of Blatta aegyptiaca Linnaeus, 1758) in Estrada-Álvarez, Luna, Garcı́a-Barrios & Sormani-Hernández, 2022: 4.

Nomenclature references (12)

  • Billberg, G.J. (1820) Enumeratio Insectorum in Museo Gustave Johann Billberg. Typis Gadelianis, Stockholm, 138 pp.
  • Costa, O.G. (1839) Degl'insetti nuovi e rari della Provincia di terra d'Otranto. Atti della Reale Accademia delle Scienze, Sezione della Societa Reale Borbonica, 4, 1–22.
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  • Estrada-Álvarez, J.C., Luna, M.D., Garcı́a-Barrios Roberto & Sormani-Hernández, C.G. (2022) Synopsis of the cockroach family Corydiidae (Blattodea: Corydioidea) in North America, with an identification key to subfamilies and genera, and taxonomic changes. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie), 38, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.21829/azm.2022.3812529
  • Fischer von Waldheim, G. (1833) Conspectus Orthopterorum Rossicorum. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 6, 342–390.
  • Fischer von Waldheim, G. (1846) Orthoptera Imperii Rossici. Entomographiae Rossicae IV. Nouveaux mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou, 8, i-iv, 1–443, pls 1–37. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=mZFByvjnxQwC
  • Gistel, J.von N.F.X. (1856) Die Mysterien der europäischen Insectenwelt. Tobias Dannheimer, Kempten, pp. 532 pp.
  • Kamran, K., Schapheer, C., Ali, A., Maldonado, A.K., Iqbal, A., Arif, S. & Villagra, C. (2021) Spatial distribution of synanthropic cockroaches found in Quetta, Pakistan and antibiotic-resistant bacteria strains found in Shelfordella lateralis (Walker, 1868) (Blattodea: Blattidae). Entomological Research, 51, 624–638.
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. Vol. III. Orthoptera saltatoria part ii (Locustidae vel Acridiidae). vii + 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64951
  • Linnaeus, C. (1758) In Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tom. I. Editio decima, reformata, Holmiae : Laur. Salvii. 824 pp.
  • Princis, K. (1962) Blattariae: Suborde Polyphagoidea: Fam. Polyphagidae. In M. Beier (Ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. Pars 3. W. Junk, ’s-Gravenhage [The Hague]. pp. 3–74.
  • 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.
  • Saussure, H.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.

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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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