Periplaneta gigantea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Blattoidae

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: Blattoidea Epifamilia: Blattoidae

Familia: Blattidae
Subfamilia: Blattinae
Genus: Periplaneta
Species: Periplaneta gigantea

Name

Periplaneta gigantea Yanagisawa, Hsu & Ohgita, 2023

Holotype: Peri-NCHU-t1 (Pg-17). ♂. Taiwan Island: Nantou County, Ren'ai Township, Huisun Experimental Forest Station. 5.VI.2011. legit C.-Y. Kao.

Paratypes: 18 specimens, including the following:

Peri-24 (NCHU; Pg-18). ♂ (collected as nymph). Taiwan Island: Miaoli County, Choklan [= Zhuolan] Township, Dakeshan. 13.II.2022. legit. W.-J. Lin.

Peri-37 (NCHU; Pg-19). ♂. Taiwan Island: Nantou County, Puli Township, Nanfeng. 15.IV.2022. legit Y.-T. Wang.

SY-03 (NIID; Pg-01). ♂. 19.XI.1985.

SY-04 (NIID; Pg-02). ♀. 13.I.1985.

SY-05 (NIID; Pg-03). ♂. 19.I.1985.

References

• Yanagisawa, S., Hsu, C.-T., Higa, Y. & Ohgita, S. 2023. Periplaneta gigantea sp. nov. (Blattodea: Blattidae) from Taiwan Island. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 29(2): 279–282. Reference page.