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Genus Anaplecta Burmeister, 1838

  • Anaplecta Burmeister, H. 1838. Handbuch der Entomologie. Berlin : T.C.F. Enslin Vol. 2(2) 1050 pp. [494].
    Type species:
     Anaplecta lateralis Burmeister, 1838 by subsequent designation, see Kirby, W.F. 1904. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 1 501 pp. [66]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Oriental Region (Indo-Malayan, Austro-Malayan, Indo-Chinese subregions), Afrotropical Region (East African subregion).


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

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Northern Territory: N coastal
    • Queensland: NE coastal

Neotropical Region

Oriental Region

  • Indonesia
    • Irian Jaya

Distribution References

  • Princis, K. 1965. Pars 7: Blattariae: Subordo Blaberoidea: Fam. Oxyhaloidae, Panesthiidae, Cryptocercidae, Chorisoneuridae, Oulopterygidae, Diplopteridae, Anaplectidae, Archiblattidae, Nothoblattidae. pp. 284-400 in Beier, M. (ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. Gravenhage : Junk [367]

General References

Grandcolas, P. 1996. The phylogeny of cockroach families: a cladistic appraisal of morpho-anatomical data. Canadian Journal of Zoology 74: 508-527 (accords Anaplectinae familial status)

Roth, L.M. 1990. Revisionary studies on Blattellidae (Blattaria) from the Indo-Australian region. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 28: 597-663 [645] (key to Australian species)

Roth, L.M. 1996. The cockroach genera Anaplecta, Anaplectella, Anaplectoidea, and Malaccina (Blattaria, Blattellidae: Anaplectinae and Blattellinae). Oriental Insects 30: 301-372