Nomenclature (4)

  • Periplaneta formosana Karny, 1915: 96.

    Lectotype; female; 6d46c939-26f7-4742-a580-fc14141d2b78; deposited at: Entomological Institute, Hokkaido University (EIHU);

  • Periplaneta formosana Karny, 1915 in Shiraki, 1931: 180.
  • Cartoblatta formosana (Karny, 1915) in Princis, 1966: 511.
  • Periplaneta formosana Karny, 1915 in Asahina, 1980: 104.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Asahina, S. (1980) Taxonomic notes on non-domiciliary Periplaneta species from the Ryukyus, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Thailand. Japanese Journal of Sanitary Zoology, 31(2), 103–115.
  • Karny, H.H. (1915) H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute, Orthoptera et Oothecaria. Supplementa Entomologica, 4, 56–108. Available at http://sdei.senckenberg.de/~openaccess/01469.pdf
  • 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.
  • Shiraki, T. (1931) Orthoptera of the Japanese Empire. Part II. (Blattidae). Insecta Matsumurana, 5(4), 171–209.

Descendants and synonyms

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Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

From Formosa, a former name of Taiwan.