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Nomenclature (4)

  • Periplaneta elegans Hanitsch, 1927: 9.

    Holotype; male; ce4103cc-381f-4df8-a0c1-85c32faee3c6; deposited at: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUM); Vietnam

  • Periplaneta elegans Hanitsch, 1927 in Princis, 1966: 445.
  • Unihamus elegans (Hanitsch, 1927) in Luo, Deng, Han, Lo, Cai, Che & Wang, 2025: 9.
  • Periplaneta elegans Hanitsch, 1927 in Luo, Qiu, Cai, Wang & Che, 2026: 178. Description/Redescription

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Hanitsch, R. (1927) On a collection of Blattidae from southern Annam. J. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., 7(1), 7–48.
  • Luo, X., Deng, W., Han, W., Lo, N., Cai, J.-Z., Che, Y.-L. & Wang, Z.-Q. (2025) Revision of the cockroach subfamily Blattinae based on morphological and molecular analyses. Systematic Entomology, 50(4), 836–854. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12680
  • Luo, X.-X., Qiu, M.-Y., Cai, T.-T., Wang, Z.-Q. & Che, Y.-L. (2026) Taxonomic update on the genus Unihamus Luo & Wang, 2025 (Blattidae, Blattinae), with three new species described. ZooKeys, 1277, 175–197. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1277.163465
  • 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:

Latin: fine, elegant, handsome.