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Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758)

American cockroach; ship cockroach; Bombay canary

Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758): Copyright Victor Demeshko. Periplaneta americana adult male. Captive reared. (Otu).
Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758): Copyright Victor Demeshko. Periplaneta americana adult male. Captive reared. (Otu).
Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758): Copyright Stephane Brouard. Adult female Periplaneta americana carying ootheca. (Otu).
Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758): Copyright Orin McMonigle. Adult Periplaneta americana white-eyed mutation. Captive reared. (Otu).
Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758): Copyright Victor Demeshko. Periplaneta americana adult female. Captive reared. (Otu).
Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758): Copyright Paul Brock. American Cockroach. Periplaneta americana. Captive stock. (Otu).
Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758): Holotype, female, dorsal. BMNH(E)#877996. (Otu).
Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758): Holotype, female, ventral. BMNH(E)#877996. (Otu).
Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758): Holotype, female, labels. BMNH(E)#877996. (Otu).
Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758): Holotype, female, labels, reverse. BMNH(E)#877996. (Otu).
Periplaneta colorata Rehn, 1901: Photo by Heidi Hopkins. dorsal habitus. (Otu).
Periplaneta colorata Rehn, 1901: Photo by Heidi Hopkins. labels. (Otu).
Periplaneta colorata Rehn, 1901: Photo by Heidi Hopkins. ventral habitus. (Otu).

Nomenclature (26)

  • Blatta americana Linnaeus, 1758: 424.
  • Blatta ferrugineofusca Gronov, 1764: 174. (Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Works in Zoological Nomenclature in International Commission On Zoological Nomenclature, 1954: 281-296)
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  • Periplaneta colorata Rehn, 1901 (synonym of Blatta americana Linnaeus, 1758) in Princis, 1966: 418.
  • Blatta americana Linnaeus, 1758 in Meineke, 1990: 32. Listed/Checklist; Review of Research; Distribution/Dispersal/Specimen Records

Nomenclature references (20)

  • Billberg, G.J. (1820) Enumeratio Insectorum in Museo Gustave Johann Billberg. Typis Gadelianis, Stockholm, 138 pp.
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1903) The Orthoptera of Indiana. Annual Report of the Department of Geology and Natural Resources of Indiana, 27, 123–471. [1902]
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  • Burmeister, H.C.C. (1838) Kakerlaken, Schaben. Blattina. Handbuch der Entomologie, 2(2), 469–517.
  • De Geer, C. (1773) Douzieme memoire: Des Grillons, Des Blattes, & Des Perce-Oreilles. In Mémoires pour servir à l'Histiore des Insectes. Pierre Hesselberg, Stockholm, Sweden. pp. 505–554. [696 pp.]
  • Eschscholtz, J.F. (1822) Entomographien, Erste Lief., Berlin.
  • Fourcroy, A.F.de (1785) In Entomologia Parisiensis, sive catalogus insectorum quae in agro Parisiensi reperiuntur, secundum methodum Geoffroeanum. Paris. Vol. 1.
  • Gronov, L.T. (1764) Zoophylacii Gronoviani. Fasciculus secundus exhibens enumerationem insectorum, quae in museo suo adservat, examini subjecit, systematice disposuit atque descripsit. Additis rarissimorum insectorum iconismis. Sumptibus auctoris, Lugduni Batavorum, [1] + 141–236 pp. + 14–17 pls. [Rejected (Opinion 261, ICZN 1954)]
  • International Commission On Zoological Nomenclature, I.C.Z.N. (1954) OPINION 261. Rejection for nomenclatorial purposes of the Index to the Zoophylacium Gronovianum of Gronovius prepared by Meuschen (F.C.) and published in 1781. Opinions and Declarations Rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 5(22), 281–296.
  • Jouan, H. (1864) Additions a la Faune de la Nouvelle-Caledonie. Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg, 10, 301–311.
  • 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.
  • Marshall, J.A. (1983) The orthopteroid insects described by Linnaeus, with notes on the Linnaean collection. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 78, 375–396.
  • Meineke, T. (1990) Kritische Sichtung der Literaturangaben zur Geradflugler--Fauna des Naturraumes Harz (Orthoptera, Dictyoptera, Dermaptera) [S critical sifting of published records about orthopteroid insects in the Harz mountains (Orthoptera, Dictyoptera, Dermaptera]. Goettinger Naturkundliche Schriften, 2, 17–39. [in German]
  • Princis, K. (1966) Blattariae: Suborbo [sic] Blattoidea. Fam.: Blattidae, Nocticolidae. In Beier (Ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. W. Junk, s'Gravenhage. Issue 8, pp. 402–614.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1901) Remarks on some Mexican Orthoptera, with descriptions of news species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 27, 218–229.
  • Risso, A. (1826) Liste des Principaux Insectes des Alpes Maritimes. In Histoire Naturelle des Principales Productions de l'Europe Méridionale et Principalement de Celles des Environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. F.-G. Levrault, Paris. Vol. 5, pp. 187–257. [402 pp]
  • Scudder, S.H. (1862) Materials for a monograph of the North American Orthoptera including a catalogue of the known New England species. Boston Journal of Natural History, 7(3), 409–480. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/materialsformono00scudrich
  • Serville, J.G.A. (1838) Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Orthoptères. In Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret [Collection des Suites à Buffon]. Roret, Paris. . xviii + 776 pp. [1839]
  • 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.]
  • Sulzer, J.H. (1776) In Abgek. Gesch. D. Insekten 1-2, Winterthur.
  • Walker, F. (1868) Catalogue of the Specimens of Blattariae in the Collection of the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History), E. Newman, Printer, London, 239 pp.

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Latin: American.