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Genus Blatta Linnaeus, 1758

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Genus Blatta Linnaeus, 1758

  • Blatta Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna tria Naturae, secundem Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentis, Synonymis, Locis. Tom.1, Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii 824 pp. [424].
    Type species:
     Blatta orientalis Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Latreille, P.A. 1807. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Paris : F. Dufart 570 pp. [83]
    Compiled from secondary source:
     Princis, K. 1966. Pars 8: Blattariae: Blattoidea: Blattidae, Nocticolidae. pp. 402-614 in Beier, M. (ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. Gravenhage : Junk [475] (confirmation of status).
  • Kakerlac Latreille, P.A. 1825. Familles Naturelles du Règne Animal, exposées succinctement et dans un ordre analytique, avec l'indication de leurs genres. Paris : J.-B. Baillière 570 pp. [411] [Blatta orientalis Linnaeus, 1758 was assumed to be the type by Rehn, J.A.G. 1902. Nomenclatural notes on two genera of Orthoptera. Entomological News 13: 101–102].
  • Steleopyga Fischer von Waldheim, G. 1833. Conspectus orthopterorum rossicorum. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 6: 341-390 [356] [junior subjective synonym of Blatta Linnaeus, 1758].
    Type species:
     Blatta orientalis Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Shelford, R.W.C. 1911. The latest in nomenclature. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 23: 241-242 [242] (discusses status of genotype)
  • Stylopyga Fischer von Waldheim, G. 1846. Orthoptères de Russie. Nouveaux Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 8: 1-441 [68] [unjustified emendation of Steleopyga Fischer von Waldheim, 1833].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Princis, K. 1966. Pars 8: Blattariae: Blattoidea: Blattidae, Nocticolidae. pp. 402-614 in Beier, M. (ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. Gravenhage : Junk [474] (also extensive bibliography)

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.


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

NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: SE coastal
    • South Australia: S Gulfs
    • Victoria: SE coastal

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

Distribution References

  • Princis, K. 1966. Pars 8: Blattariae: Blattoidea: Blattidae, Nocticolidae. pp. 402-614 in Beier, M. (ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. Gravenhage : Junk [474]

General References

Mackerras, M.J. 1968. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). IX. Revision of Polyzosteriinae tribe Methanini, Tryonicinae, and Blattinae. Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 511-575 [561] (key to introduced Australian Blattidae)