Cockroach Species File
species

Valaraukar banksi (Hanitsch, 1931)

Valaraukar banksi (Hanitsch, 1931): Holotype, female, dorsal. BMNH(E)#877998. (Otu).
Valaraukar banksi (Hanitsch, 1931): Holotype, female, dorsal. BMNH(E)#877998. (Otu).
Valaraukar banksi (Hanitsch, 1931): Holotype, female, ventral. BMNH(E)#877998. (Otu).
Valaraukar banksi (Hanitsch, 1931): Holotype, female, labels. BMNH(E)#877998. (Otu).
Valaraukar banksi (Hanitsch, 1931): Holotype, female, labels, reverse. BMNH(E)#877998. (Otu).

Nomenclature (4)

  • Periplaneta banksi Hanitsch, 1931: 401.
  • Periplaneta banksi Hanitsch, 1931 in Princis, 1966: 441.
  • Periplaneta banksi Hanitsch, 1931 in Lucañas & Lit, 2016: 56.
  • Valaraukar banksi (Hanitsch, 1931) in Lucañas, 2025: 3.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Hanitsch, R. (1931) On a collection of Malayan Blattidae from the British Museum (Natural History). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 7, 385–408.
  • Lucañas, C.C. & Lit, I.L.J. (2016) Cockroaches (Insecta, Blattodea) from caves of Polillo Island (Philippines), with description of a new species. Subterranean Biology, 19, 51–64.
  • Lucañas, C.C. (2025) Revisions on the genus Periplaneta Burmeister, 1838 (Blattodea: Blattidae: Blattinae) Part II. On some cave-dwelling species, with notes on the genus Eumethana Princis, 1951. Oriental Insects, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2025.2599484
  • 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.

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Etymology:

named after Banks