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species Symploce pallens (Stephens, 1835)

• Common name(s):  Smooth Cockroach; Unadorned Cockroach
• Images: (6) See all images

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• Supplementary information:
  • Identity of type
• Distribution:
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   USA (Hawaii); Mexico; USA (Florida); Cuba; Puerto Rico; Brazil; Kenya; Cape Verde, Republic of; Seychelles; Réunion Island [African origin]
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial. Domiciliary pest
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations:
  • Stephens. 1835. Illustrations of British Entomology; or, a Synopsis of Indigenous Insects: Containing their Generic and Specific Distinctions; with an Account of their Metamorphoses, Times of Appearance, Localities, Food, and Economy, as far as Practicable. 6:46 >> Ectobius pallens    urn:lsid:Blattodea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:4585
  • Princis. 1969. In Beier [Ed.]. Blattariae: Subordo Epilamproidea. Fam.: Blattellidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus(13):892 >> Note: The BSF's record for this scientific name originated from this reference. It was digitised by G. W. Beccaloni in 2005. >> Symploce pallens    urn:lsid:Blattodea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:4584
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality:
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Location of type:  BMNH London NH Mus.

• synonym benzoni Princis, 1951
• synonym capitata (Saussure, 1862)
• synonym deprivata (Walker, 1868)
• synonym gracilis (Rocha e Silva, 1965)
• synonym hospes (Perkins, 1899)
• synonym kevani Chopard, 1954
• synonym lita Hebard, 1916
• synonym platystyla (Chopard, 1938)
• synonym vicentina Princis, 1959

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