Genus Blatta Linnaeus, 1758

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• Blatta 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].

  Type species:

   Blatta orientalis Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Latreille, P.A. 1807. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Paris : F. Dufart 570 pp. [83].

  Secondary source:

   Princis, K. 1966. Pars 8: Blattariae: Blattoidea: Blattidae, Nocticolidae. pp. 402-614 in Beier, M. (ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. 's-Gravenhage : Dr. W. Junk. [475] (confirmation of status).
• Kakerlac Audinet-Serville, J.G. 1839. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Orthoptères. Paris : Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret i-xviii, 1-776, Atlas pls 1-14. [dated 1838] [Blatta orientalis Linnaeus, 1758 was assumed to be the type by Rehn, J.A.G. 1902. Nomenclatural notes on two genera of Orthoptera. Entomological News 13: 101–102].
• Steleopyga Fischer von Waldheim, G. 1833. Conspectus orthopterorum rossicorum. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 6: 341-390 [356] [junior subjective synonym of Blatta Linnaeus, 1758].

  Type species:

   Blatta orientalis Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Shelford, R.W.C. 1911. The latest in nomenclature. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 23: 241-242 [242] (discusses status of genotype).
• Stylopyga Fischer von Waldheim, G. 1846. Orthoptères de Russie. Nouveaux Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 8: 1-441 [68] [unjustified emendation of Steleopyga Fischer von Waldheim, 1833].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Princis, K. 1966. Pars 8: Blattariae: Blattoidea: Blattidae, Nocticolidae. pp. 402-614 in Beier, M. (ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. 's-Gravenhage : Dr. W. Junk. [474] (also extensive bibliography)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Distribution References

General References

Mackerras, M.J. 1968. Australian Blattidae (Blattodea). IX. Revision of Polyzosteriinae tribe Methanini, Tryonicinae, and Blattinae. Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 511-575 [561] (key to introduced Australian Blattidae)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
03-Jan-2012		03-Jan-2012	MOVED
04-Jan-2012		04-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)