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species Blaberus giganteus (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Common name(s):  giant cockroach
• Images: (14) See all images

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• Distribution:
  •  U.S.A., West Indies, French Guiana, Panama, Mexico, Guatemala, Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Canada, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Pernambuco, Minas Gerais).
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (12):
  • Linnaeus. 1758. Systema naturae 1, ed. 10, Holmiae 242 >> Blatta gigantea    urn:lsid:Blattodea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:6599
  • Princis. 1946. Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapets I Lund Förhandlingar 16(17):159-166 >> Blaberus giganteus    urn:lsid:Blattodea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:6598
  • Bruijning. 1959. Studies on the Fauna of Suriname and other Guyanas. vol. 2 3, 7-8 >> Blaberus giganteus
  • Princis. 1963. In Beier [Ed.]. Blattariae: Suborde [sic] Polyphagoidea: Fam.: Homoeogamiidae, Euthyrrhaphidae, Latindiidae, Anacompsidae, Atticolidae, Attaphilidae. Subordo Blaberoidea: Fam. Blaberidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus(4):122 >> Note: The BSF's record for this scientific name originated from this reference. It was digitised by G. W. Beccaloni in 2005. >> Blaberus giganteus
  • Rocha e Silva. 1964. 5 >> Blaberus giganteus
  • Roth, L. M. 1969. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 62:176-208 >> Note: Transferred to giganteus species group. >> Blaberus (giganteus) giganteus
  • Vanschuytbroeck. 1969. Bull. Inst r. Sci. Nat. Belg. 46:5 >> Blaberus (giganteus) giganteus
  • Roth, L. M. 1970. Psyche 77(3):310, 318 >> Blaberus (giganteus) giganteus
  • Rocha e Silva. 1972. Bol. Mus. Para. Emilio Goeldi Nov. Ser. Zool. 76:3 >> Blaberus (giganteus) giganteus
  • Jurberg, Albuquerque, Rebordoes, Goncalves & Felippe. 1977. Rev. Brasil. Biol. 37(3):542 >> Blaberus (giganteus) giganteus
  • Pellens & Grandcolas. 2008. Zootaxa 1709:44 >> Blaberus (giganteus) giganteus
  • Cerreta, D.C. Smith, Heugten & Minter. 2022. Zoo Biology 41:28 >> Blaberus (giganteus) giganteus

• synonym livida (Gronovius, 1764)
• synonym marginalis (Walker, 1868)
• synonym mexicana Saussure, 1862
• synonym scutata (Seba, 1765)
• synonym stollii Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865

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