Blaberus giganteus

Blaberus giganteus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Blaberoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Supercohort: Polyneoptera Cohort: Dictyoptera Ordo: Blattodea Superfamilia: Blaberoidea

Familia: Blaberidae
Subfamilia: Blaberinae
Genus: Blaberus
Species: Blaberus giganteus

Name

Blaberus giganteus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms

• Blatta gigantea Linnaeus, 1758 [original combination]
• Blabera mexicana Saussure, 1862
• Blabera stollii Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
• Blatta gigantea Linnaeus, 1758
• Blatta livida Gronovius, 1764
• Blatta scutata Seba, 1765
• Sisapona marginalis Walker, F., 1868

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Guatemala; Panama; Colombia; Venezuela; Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of (Trinidad); Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana Continental: Southern America Mexico References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp  DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 424. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Beccaloni G.W. (2018). SF Cockroach: Cockroach Species File (version 5.0, Jun 2018). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30 June 2018. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.

Links

• Blaberus giganteus in the Blattodea Species File database, accessed on 10/10/2013.
• ZooBank: 4BE04837-C103-4ED0-BBD5-9675523AC361
• http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid:Blattodea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:6598

Vernacular names

English: giant cockroach
magyar: Barlangi óriáscsótány

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