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Genus Allacta Saussure & Zehntner, 1895

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Genus Allacta Saussure & Zehntner, 1895

  • Abrodiaeta Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. 1893. Révision du système des Orthoptères et description des espèces rapportées par M. Leonardo Fea de Birmanie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 'Giacomo Doria' 2a 13: 5-230 [published September] [20] [junior homonym of Abrodiaeta Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)].
    Type species:
     Abrodiaeta modesta Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 by monotypy.
  • Allacta Saussure, H. de & Zehntner, L. 1895. Histoire naturelle des Blattides et Mantides. pp. 1-244 in Grandidier, A. (ed.). Histoire Physique, Naturelle et Politique de Madagasca (Orthoptères). Paris : Librairie Hachette et Cie Vol. 23 [45] [nom. nov. for Abroiaeta Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893].
  • Arublatta Bruijning, C.F.A. 1947. An account of the Blattidae (Orthoptera) from Celebes, The Moluccas, and New Guinea. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 27: 205-252 [224].
    Type species:
     Arublatta basivittata Bruijning, 1947 by monotypy (= Blatta bipunctata Walker, 1869).
  • Pseudochorisoblatta Bruijning, C.F.A. 1948. Studies on Malayan Blattidae. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 29: 1-174 [90].
    Type species:
     Phyllodromia interrupta Hanitsch, 1925 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Roth, L.M. 1991. New combinations, synonymies, redescriptions and new species of cockroaches, mostly Indo-Australian Blattellidae. Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 953-1021 [996] (also generic revision)

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Chinese and Indo-Malayan subregions.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Queensland: NE coastal

Oriental Region

Distribution References

  • Roth, L.M. 1991. New combinations, synonymies, redescriptions and new species of cockroaches, mostly Indo-Australian Blattellidae. Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 953-1021 [996]

General References

Grandcolas, P. 1996. The phylogeny of cockroach families: a cladistic appraisal of morpho-anatomical data. Canadian Journal of Zoology 74: 508-527 (includes Pseudophyllodromiinae in the Pseudophyllodromiidae)

Hebard, M. 1922. The Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Hawaii. Occasional Papers of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 7: 305-378 2 pls [326] (Allacta misidentified as Balta Tepper, 1893)

Kirby, W.F. 1904. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 1 501 pp. [99] (Blatta (Phyllodromia) lobata Saussure, 1891 invalidly selected as type species for Allacta)