Genus Blattella Caudell, 1903
- Blattella Caudell, A.N. 1903. Notes on nomenclature of Blattidae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 5: 232-234 [234] [nom. nov. for Phyllodromia Serville, 1838].
- Phyllodromia Serville, J.G.A. 1839. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères. Suite à Buffon. Orthoptères. Paris : Roret 776 pp. [105] [junior homonym of Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 1837 (Diptera)].
Type species:
Blatta germanica Linnaeus, 1767 by subsequent designation, see Melville, R.V. 1982. Opinion 1231 Blatta germanica Linnaeus, 1767 (Insecta, Dictyoptera): conserved and designated as type species of Blattella Caudell, 1903. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 39(4): 243-246 [243]
Distribution
Other Regions
Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater
General References
Brenner, R.J., Carlson, D.A., Roth, L.M. & Patterson, R.S. 1993. Morphological and chemotaxonomic identification of Blattella cockroaches (Blattaria: Blatellidae) from Taiwan and selected Pacific Basin locations. Invertebrate Taxonomy 7: 1205-1219
Kevan, D.K.McE. 1978. Proposal to conserve Blatta germanica Linnaeus, 1767 and to designate it as a type-species of Blattella Caudell, 1903 (Insecta, Dictyoptera, Blattodea). Z.N.(S.) 680. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 35: 34-39
Kevan, D.K.McE. & Princis, K. 1961. Blatta transfuga Brünnich, 1763 (Insecta, Dictyoptera); proposed suppression under the plenary powers. Z.N.(S.) 680. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 18(5): 330-331
Melville, R.V. 1982. Opinion 1231 Blatta germanica Linnaeus, 1767 (Insecta, Dictyoptera): conserved and designated as type species of Blattella Caudell, 1903. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 39(4): 243-246
Roth, L.M. 1997. A new combination, and new records of species of Blattella Caudell (Blattaria, Blattellidae, Blattellinae). Oriental Insects 31: 229-239