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Blattodea Species File
Species

Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868)

skunk cockroach; Florida stinkroach; stinking cockroach; stinkroach; Florida cockroach; Florida woods roach; palmettobug
Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868): Copyright Orin McMonigle. Eurycotis floridana adult. Captive reared. Stock origin: Kissimmee, Florida. (Otu).
Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868): Copyright Orin McMonigle. Eurycotis floridana adult. Captive reared. Stock origin: Kissimmee, Florida. (Otu).
Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868): Copyright Josef Dvorák. Eurycotis floridana. (Otu).
Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868): Lectotype, female, dorsal. BMNH(E)#878027. (Otu).
Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868): Lectotype, female, ventral. BMNH(E)#878027. (Otu).
Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868): Lectotype, female, labels. BMNH(E)#878027. (Otu).
Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868): Lectotype, female, labels, reverse. BMNH(E)#878027. (Otu).
Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868): Holotype of synonym Periplaneta semipicta Walker, 1868, juvenile, dorsal. BMNH(E)#878026. (Otu).
Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868): Holotype of synonym Periplaneta semipicta Walker, 1868, juvenile, ventral. BMNH(E)#878026. (Otu).
Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868): Holotype, juvenile, labels. BMNH(E)#878026. (Otu).
Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868): Holotype, juvenile, labels, reverse. BMNH(E)#878026. (Otu).
Eurycotis ingens (Scudder, 1878) now Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868): Photo by Heidi Hopkins. dorsal habitus. (Otu).
Eurycotis ingens (Scudder, 1878) now Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868): Photo by Heidi Hopkins. Ventral habitus. (Otu).
Eurycotis ingens (Scudder, 1878) now Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868): Photo by Heidi Hopkins. labels. (Otu).
Eurycotis sabaliana (Scudder, 1878) now Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868): Photo by Heidi Hopkins. dorsal habitus. (Otu).
Eurycotis sabaliana (Scudder, 1878) now Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868): Photo by Heidi Hopkins. ventral habitus. (Otu).
Eurycotis sabaliana (Scudder, 1878) now Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868): Photo by Heidi Hopkins. labels. (Otu).

Nomenclature (9)

  • Periplaneta floridana Walker, 1868: 135.
  • Periplaneta semipicta Walker, 1868: 141.
  • Platyzosteria sabalianus Scudder, 1878 in Princis, 1966: 554.
  • Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868) in Princis, 1966: 553.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • 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.
  • Scudder, S.H. (1878) The Florida Orthoptera collected by Mr. J. H. Comstock. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 19, 80–94. [1877]
  • 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.

Other references (0)

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1045