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species Blaberus craniifer Burmeister, 1838

• Common name(s):  death's head cockroach
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• Distribution:
  •  Mexico; Belize; Cuba; Dominican Republic; USA (Florida)
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial. Occasionally a domiciliary pest
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (6):
  • Burmeister. 1838. Handbuch der Entomologie 2(2):516 >> Blabera craniifera    urn:lsid:Blattodea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:466769
  • Hebard. 1917. Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 2:1-284 10pls   >> Blaberus craniifer    urn:lsid:Blattodea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:6633
  • Princis. 1946. Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapets I Lund Förhandlingar 16(17):159-166 >> Blaberus craniifer
  • Lefeuvre, C. 1960. Bull. Soc. Sci. Bretagne 35:145-161 >> Note: Genitalia illustrated. >> Blaberus craniifer
  • Princis. 1963. In Beier [Ed.]. Blattariae: Suborde [sic] Polyphagoidea: Fam.: Homoeogamiidae, Euthyrrhaphidae, Latindiidae, Anacompsidae, Atticolidae, Attaphilidae. Subordo Blaberoidea: Fam. Blaberidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus(4):126 >> Note: The BSF's record for this scientific name originated from this reference. It was digitised by G. W. Beccaloni in 2005. >> Blaberus craniifer
  • Roth, L. M. 1969. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 62:176-208 >> Note: Transferred to giganteus species group. >> Blaberus (giganteus) craniifer

• synonym aequalis (Walker, 1868)
• synonym atropos (Guérin-Méneville, 1857)
• synonym craniipes
• synonym ferruginea Saussure, 1864
• synonym limbata Burmeister, 1838
• synonym luctuosa Stål, 1855
• synonym quadrifera Walker, 1868
• synonym trapezoideus Burmeister, 1838
• synonym varians Serville, 1838

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