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Blattodea Species File
Species

Neostylopyga rhombifolia (Stoll, 1813)

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Neostylopyga rhombifolia (Stoll, 1813): Copyright Josef Dvorák. Neostylopyga rhombifolia. (Otu).
Neostylopyga rhombifolia (Stoll, 1813): Copyright Josef Dvorák. Neostylopyga rhombifolia. (Otu).
Neostylopyga rhombifolia (Stoll, 1813): Holotype of synonym Polyzosteria heterospila Walker, 1871, female, dorsal. BMNH(E)#877989. (Otu).
Neostylopyga rhombifolia (Stoll, 1813): Holotype of synonym Polyzosteria heterospila Walker, 1871, female, ventral. BMNH(E)#877989. (Otu).
Neostylopyga rhombifolia (Stoll, 1813): Holotype of synonym Polyzosteria heterospila Walker, 1871, female, labels. BMNH(E)#877989. (Otu).
Neostylopyga rhombifolia (Stoll, 1813): Holotype of synonym Polyzosteria heterospila Walker, 1871, female, labels, reverse. BMNH(E)#877989. (Otu).

Nomenclature (11)

  • Blatta rhombifolia Stoll, 1813: Plate 3d, page 5.
  • Blatta signata Eschscholtz, 1822: 88.
  • Neostylopyga histrio (Saussure, 1864) in Princis, 1966: 534.
  • Periplaneta histrio Saussure, 1864 in Hollier, Marshall, Legendre & Poggi, 2023: 82.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Stoll, C. (1813) Représentation exactement coloree d'apres nature des Spectres ou Phasmes, des Mantes, des Sauterelles, des Grillons, des Criquets et des Blattes, qui se trouvent dans les quatre parties du Monde. L'Europe, L'Asia, L'Afrique et L'Amerique; ressemblées et déscrites. C.J. Sepp & Fils, Amsterdam. [Apparently this is Vol. 2, though not found in the front matter.]
  • Eschscholtz, J.F. (1822) Entomographien. G. Reimer, Berlin, 128 pp.
  • Saussure, H.L.F.de (1864) Travaux Inédits. Blattarum novarum species aliquot. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, 16(2), 305–326.
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1865) Nouveau Système des Blattaires. G. Braumüller, Vienna, 426 pp. 13 pls.
  • Walker, F. (1871) In Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. Part V. Supplement to the Catalogue of Blattariae. British Museum (Natural History) London : British Museum (Natural History), London. 40 pp.
  • 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.
  • Hollier, J., Marshall, J.A., Legendre, F. & Poggi, R. (2023) An annotated list of the Blattodea (Insecta) described by Henri de Saussure. Part 3: the Blattidae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 130(1), 77–88. https://doi.org/10.35929/rsz.0089

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1056