Cockroach Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)

Taxa hierarchy

subfamily Blaberinae Saussure, 1864
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genus Blaberus Serville, 1831
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species group atropos

species Blaberus discoidalis Serville, 1838

urn:lsid:Blattodea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:507173

Common name(s): West Indian leaf cockroach; drummer
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Distribution:
- Jamaica; Cuba; Haiti; Puerto Rico; Puerto Rico (Vieques Island); Panama; Colombia; Venezuela; Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of (Trinidad); Mexico; USA (Florida)
Ecology:
- Terrestrial. Occasionally a domiciliary pest
Specimen records are available.
Citations (6):
- Serville. 1838[1839]. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret [Collection des Suites à Buffon] 76 >> Blabera discoidalis urn:lsid:Blattodea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:6628
- Princis. 1946. Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapets I Lund Förhandlingar 16(17):159-166 >> Blaberus discoidalis urn:lsid:Blattodea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:6627
- Princis. 1963. In Beier [Ed.]. Blattariae: Suborde [sic] Polyphagoidea: Fam.: Homoeogamiidae, Euthyrrhaphidae, Latindiidae, Anacompsidae, Atticolidae, Attaphilidae. Subordo Blaberoidea: Fam. Blaberidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus(4):127 >> Note: The BSF's record for this scientific name originated from this reference. It was digitised by G. W. Beccaloni in 2005. >> Blaberus discoidalis
- McKittrick. 1964. Cornell Univ. Agric. Exp. Sta. Mem. 389 >> Blaberus discoidalis
- Roth, L. M. 1969. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 62:176-208 >> Note: Transferred to atropos species group. >> Blaberus (atropos) discoidalis
- Wang, Yaqing, Othayoth & C. Li. 2022. Journal of Experimental Biology 225(10):jeb243605: 17 pages >> Blaberus (atropos) discoidalis

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