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Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868)

skunk cockroach; Florida stinkroach; stinking cockroach; stinkroach; Florida cockroach; Florida woods roach; palmettobug

Lectotype, female, labels, reverse. BMNH(E)#878027. Depicts Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868), an Otu.
Lectotype, female, labels, reverse. BMNH(E)#878027. Depicts Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868), an Otu.
Holotype, juvenile, labels, reverse. BMNH(E)#878026. Depicts Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868), an Otu.
Lectotype, female, labels. BMNH(E)#878027. Depicts Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868), an Otu.
Holotype of synonym Periplaneta semipicta Walker, 1868, juvenile, ventral. BMNH(E)#878026. Depicts Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868), an Otu.
Copyright Josef Dvorák. Eurycotis floridana. Depicts Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868), an Otu.
Holotype, juvenile, labels. BMNH(E)#878026. Depicts Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868), an Otu.
Lectotype, female, dorsal. BMNH(E)#878027. Depicts Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868), an Otu.
Copyright Orin McMonigle Eurycotis floridana adult. Captive reared. Stock origin: Kissimmee, Florida Depicts Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868), an Otu.
Lectotype, female, ventral. BMNH(E)#878027. Depicts Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868), an Otu.
Holotype of synonym Periplaneta semipicta Walker, 1868, juvenile, dorsal. BMNH(E)#878026. Depicts Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868), an Otu.

Nomenclature (9)

  • Periplaneta floridana Walker, 1868: 135.
  • Periplaneta semipicta Walker, 1868: 141.
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  • Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868) in Princis, 1966: 553.
  • Platyzosteria sabalianus Scudder, 1877 in Princis, 1966: 554.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Princis, K. (1966) Blattariae: Suborbo [sic] Blattoidea. Fam.: Blattidae, Nocticolidae. In Beier (Ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. W. Junk, s'Gravenhage. Issue 8, pp. 402–614.
  • Scudder, S.H. (1877) xix.
  • Walker, F. (1868) In 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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