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genus Polyphaga Brullé, 1835

• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Citations:
  • Brullé. 1835. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes 57 >> Polyphaga    urn:lsid:Blattodea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:1285
  • Princis. 1962. In Beier [Ed.]. Blattariae: Subordo Polyphagoidea: Fam. Polyphagidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus(3):47 >> Note: The BSF's record for this scientific name originated from this reference. It was digitised by G. W. Beccaloni in 2005. >> Polyphaga
• Type species:  Blatta aegyptiaca Linnaeus
• The first family-group name based on this genus is Polypagiens Saussure, 1864.

• synonym Heterogamia Burmeister, 1838
• species aegyptiaca (Linnaeus, 1758)
• synonym lata (Gistel, 1856)
• synonym omega (Costa, 1839)
• synonym punctata (Fischer, 1846)
• synonym sphaerica (Gistel, 1856)
• synonym spinifer (Kirby, 1910)
• synonym spinipes (Fischer, 1846)
• synonym trichoprocta (Fischer, 1833)
• species indica Walker, 1868
• subspecies indica Walker, 1868
• subspecies vitripennis Chopard, 1929
• species obscura Chopard, 1929
• species plancyi Bolívar, 1883
• species saussurei (Dohrn, 1888)
• synonym camelorum Kirby, 1903
• synonym pellucida (Redtenbacher, 1889)

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