Species Calolampra signatura (Walker, 1871)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Panchlora signatura Walker, F. 1871. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. Part V. Supplement to the Catalogue of Blattariae. London : British Museum (Natural History) 40 pp. [13].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂ adult, St Helena.
• Calolampra aliena Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. 1927. The Orthoptera of the West Indies. I. Blattidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 54: 1-320 [238].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ ♂ adult, Haiti, West Indies.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Princis, K. 1970. La fauna terrestre de l'île de Saint-Hélèna. (Première partie). 5. Blattariae. Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale Tervuren Belgique 8 181: 165-176 [170] (probably an introduction from St Helena to Haiti via slave ships)

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Australian locality unknown; also St Helena and Haiti.

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, soil dweller.

Extra Ecological Information

Male winged, female unknown.

General References

Princis, K. 1963. Pars 4: Blattariae: Subordo Polyphagoidea: Fam. Homoeogamiidae, Euthyrrhaphidae, Latindiidae, Anacompsidae, Atticolidae, Attaphilidae. Subordo Blaberoidea: Fam. Blaberidae. pp. 77-172 in Beier, M. (ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. 's-Gravenhage : Dr. W. Junk. [150] (Panchlora signatura synonymised under Blatta irrorata Fabricius, 1775)

Roth, L.M. & Princis, K. 1973. The cockroach genus Calolampra of Australia with descriptions of new species (Blaberidae). Psyche (Cambridge) Camb. 80: 101-158 [125] (probably first introduced with Australian plants to St Helena as this was an important stopover port for ships travelling from Australia)

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