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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.
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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 (19)

  • 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) Orthoptera 3. In Mémoires pour servir à l'Histiore des Insectes. 1-696, 44pls. Pierre Hesselberg, Stockholm, Sweden. 299–554 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)
  • Jouan, H. (1864) Additions a la Faune de la Nouvelle-Caledonie. tom.x, 305.
  • Linnaeus, C. (1758) In Systema naturae 1, ed. 10, Holmiae.
  • 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 (1826)
  • 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) In Represent. exact. coloree d'apres nature d. Spectres... 2. Amsterdam.
  • 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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