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Genus Shelfordina Hebard, 1929

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Genus Shelfordina Hebard, 1929

  • Shelfordina Hebard, M. 1929. Studies in Malayan Blattidae (Orthoptera). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 81: 1-109 [46].
    Type species:
     Phyllodromia terminalis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898 by subsequent designation, see Roth, L.M. 1990. Revisionary studies on Blattellidae (Blattaria) from the Indo-Australian region. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 28: 597-663 [600] (discusses misidentification of type species and designation of Neoblattella fuscocastanea Hanitsch, 1929 pending application to the ICZN)
  • Shelfordella Hanitsch, R. 1933. The blattid fauna of Celebes, based chiefly on the collections made by P. and F. Sarasin. Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 44: 119-150 [126] [junior homonym of Shelfordella Adelung, 1910 (Blattidae)].
    Type species:
     Shelfordella uniformis Hanitsch, 1933 by monotypy.
  • Possoina Strand, E. 1934. Miscellanea nomenclatorica zoologica et palaeontologica. Folia Zoologica et Hydrobiologica 6: 271-277 [275] [nom. nov. for Shelfordella Hanitsch, 1933].
  • Ebnerella Hanitsch, R. 1935. On further blattids (Orth.) from Celebes. Stylops 4: 14-19 [14] [nom. nov. for Shelfordella Hanitsch, 1933].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Roth, L.M. 1990. Revisionary studies on Blattellidae (Blattaria) from the Indo-Australian region. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 28: 597-663 [600] (also generic revision, subfamily placement)

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Oriental Region (Indo-Malayan and Austro-Malayan subregions), Palaearctic Region (Manchurian subregion), Neotropical Region (Mexican 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

ACT, NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Australian Capital Territory
    • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
    • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal

Neotropical Region

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

  • Japan

Distribution References

  • Princis, K. 1951. Neue und wenig Bekannte Blattarien ans dem Zoologischen Museum, Kopenhagen. Spolia Zoologica Musei Hauniensis 12: 5-72 [57]

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)

Roth, L.M. 1997. The cockroach genera Shelfordina Hebard, Delosia Bolivar, and Duryodana Kirby (Blattaria, Blattellidae, Pseudophyllodromiinae). Oriental Insects 31: 209-227