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Genus Rhabdoblatta Kirby, 1903

  • Rhabdoblatta Kirby, W.F. 1903. Notes on Blattidae, with descriptions of new genera and species in the collection of the British Museum, South Kensington. No. II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12: 273-280 [publication date established from Princis, K. 1967. Pars 11: Blattariae: Subordo Epilamproidea, Fam. Nyctiboridae, Epilampridae. pp. 617–710 in Beier, M. (ed). Orthopterorum Catalogus. Junk : Gravenhage . [665]] [276] [top of page].
    Type species:
     Epilampra praecipua Walker, 1868 by monotypy (= Polyzosteria terranea Walker, 1868 (exlim.)).
  • Heterolampra Kirby, W.F. 1903. Notes on Blattidae, with descriptions of new genera and species in the collection of the British Museum, South Kensington. No. II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12: 273-280 [publication date established from Princis, K. 1967. Pars 11: Blattariae: Subordo Epilamproidea, Fam. Nyctiboridae, Epilampridae. pp. 617–710 in Beier, M. (ed). Orthopterorum Catalogus. Junk : Gravenhage . [665]] [276] [bottom of page].
    Type species:
     Epilampra dilatata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 by original designation.
  • Morphnodes Hebard, M. 1929. Studies in Malayan Blattidae (Orthoptera). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 81: 1-109 [93].
    Type species:
     Epilampra vasta Walker, 1868 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Princis, K. 1967. Pars 11: Blattariae: Subordo Epilamproidea, Fam. Nyctiboridae, Epilampridae. pp. 617-710 in Beier, M. (ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. Junk : Gravenhage [663]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Oriental Region (Austro-Malayan subregion), Palaearctic Region (Manchurian 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

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: SE coastal

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

Distribution References

  • Princis, K. 1967. Pars 11: Blattariae: Subordo Epilamproidea, Fam. Nyctiboridae, Epilampridae. pp. 617-710 in Beier, M. (ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. Junk : Gravenhage [663-682]

General References

Asahina, S. 1967. The cockroaches of the genus Rhabdoblatta of Japan, the Ryukyus and Taiwan. Japanese Journal of Medical Science and Biology 20: 425-442

Bey-Bienko, G.Y. 1968. On the orthopteroid insects (Orthopteroidea) from Eastern Nepal. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 47: 106-130 [in Russian] [107] (new species)

Bey-Bienko, G.Y. 1969. New genera and species of cockroaches (Blattoptera) from tropical and subtropical Asia. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 48: 831-862 [in Russian] [843] (new species)

Bey-Bienko, G.Y. 1970. Blattoptera of Northern Viet-nam in the collection of the Zoological Institute in Warsaw. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 49: 362-375 [in Russian] [363] (new species)

Rentz, D.C.F. & Cameron, H.M. 1983. Catalogue of Australian Cockroaches. CSIRO Australia. Division of Entomology Technical Paper 21: 1-37 [7] (Morphnodes erroneously not listed in synonomy)