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Cockroach Species File
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Blatta furcata (Karny, 1908)

Blatta furcata (Karny, 1908): (Otu).
Blatta furcata (Karny, 1908): (Otu).
Blatta furcata (Karny, 1908): (Otu).

Nomenclature (3)

  • Periplaneta furcata Karny, 1908: 19.

    Syntype; male; 860dc95a-c94f-41d8-b360-15420e6bd70e; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Lebanon

  • Periplaneta furcata Karny, 1908 in Princis, 1966: 442.
  • Blatta furcata (Karny, 1908) in Bohn, 1985: 39. Classification

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Bohn, H. (1985) Blatta furcata (Karny), the nearest relative of the Oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis L.) (Insecta: Blattodea: Blattidae). Israel Journal of Zoology, 33(1), 39–50.
  • Karny, H.H. (1908) Orthoptera. In Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Expedition Filchner nach China und Tibet 1903-1905, X (1). Berlin.
  • Princis, K. (1966) Blattariae: Suborbo [sic] Blattoidea. Fam.: Blattidae, Nocticolidae. In M. Beier (Ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. Pars 8. W. Junk, s'Gravenhage [The Hague]. pp. 402–614.

Descendants and synonyms

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Etymology:

Latin: forked.