Species Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Surinam Cockroach
- Blatta surinamensis Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [424] [number, sex and location of type specimens not specified; Shelford, R.W.C. 1908. Studies of the Blattidae. VIII. The Blattidae described by Linnaeus, De Geer and Thunberg. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1907: 455–470 (458) suggested that a specimen with the abdomen missing in NHRM should be selected as the type; Marshall, J.A. 1983. The orthopteroid insects described by Linnaeus, with notes on the Linnaean collection. Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 78: 375–396 (393) listed
in LS labelled 'E. Ind. NEK' which does not correspond with the published type locality]. Type data:
Holotype NHRM adult, Surinam (as Surinami).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Princis, K. 1964. Pars 6: Blattariae: Subordo Blaberoidea: Fam. Panchloridae, Gynopeltididae, Derocalymmidae, Perisphaeriidae, Pycnoscelididae. pp. 174-281 in Beier, M. (ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. 's-Gravenhage : Dr. W. Junk. [264]
- Roth, L.M. 1967. Sexual isolation in parthenogenetic Pycnoscelus surinamensis and application of the name Pycnoscelus indicus to its bisexual relative (Dictyoptera: Blattaria: Blaberidae: Pycnoscelinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 60: 774-778 [777] (believes Princis' (1964: 264) list of 13 synonyms includes 'the bisexual species', meaning Pycnoscelus indica Fabricius, 1775, but does not indicate which species should be removed from synonymy)
Generic Combinations
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Introduced from unknown locality.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Cocos (Keeling) Islands terrestrial & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Parthenogenetic.
General References
Roth, L.M. 1967. Sexual isolation in parthenogenetic Pycnoscelus surinamensis and application of the name Pycnoscelus indicus to its bisexual relative (Dictyoptera: Blattaria: Blaberidae: Pycnoscelinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 60: 774-778
Roth, L.M. 1973. The male genitalia of Blattaria. X. Blaberidae. Pycnoscelus, Stilpnoblatta, Proscrotea (Pycnoscelinae), and Diploptera (Diplopterinae). Psyche (Cambridge) Camb. 80: 241-264 [249]
Roth, L.M. & Cohen, S.H. 1968. Chromosomes of the Pycnoscelus indicus and P. surinamensis complex (Blattaria: Blaberidae: Pycnoscelinae). Psyche (Cambridge) Camb. 75: 53-76
Roth, L.M. & Willis, E.R. 1961. A study of bisexual and parthenogenetic strains of Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Blattaria, Epilamprinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 54: 12-25
History of changes
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |