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Blaberinae

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Archimandrita tesselata
Containing group: Blaberidae

References

Grandcolas, P. 1997. The monophyly of the subfamily Perisphaeriinae (Dictyoptera: Blattaria: Blaberidae). Systematic Entomology 22(2):123-130.

Grandcolas, P. 1992. Paradicta n. gen. et Neorhicnoda n. gen., deux nouveaux genres de Blaberinae (Dict., Blattaria, Blaberidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 97(1):7-15.

Grandcolas, P. 1993. Monophylie et structure phylogenetique des (Blaberinae + Zetoborinae + Gyninae + Diplopterinae) (Dictyoptera: Blaberidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 29(2):195-221.

Grandcolas, P. 1998. The evolutionary interplay of social behavior, resource use and anti-predator behavior in Zetoborinae plus Blaberinae plus Gyninae plus Diplopterinae cockroaches: A phylogenetic analysis. Cladistics 14(2):117-127.

Gutierrez, E. and D. E. Perez-Gelabert. 2001. The cockroach genus Aspiduchus (Dictyoptera: Blattaria: Blaberidae) with a new species from Dominican Republic. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 127(1):69-77.

Gutierrez, E. and L. M. Roth. 1999. A new species of the cockroach genus Colapteroblatta (Blattaria: Blaberidae, Epilamprinae) from Puerto Rico (West Indies). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 125(4):441-444.

McKittrick, F. A. 1964. Evolutionary study of cockroaches. Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station Memoirs 389:1-197.

Princis, K. 1963. Blattariae: Subordo Blaberoidea. Fam.: Blaberidae. Pages 111-172 in Orthopterorum Catalogus. Pars 4. M. Beier, ed. W. Junk, s'Gravenhage.

Princis, K. 1965. Blattariae: Subordo Blaberoidea. Fam.: Gynopeltididae. Pages 194-197 in Orthopterorum Catalogus. Pars 6. M. Beier, ed. W. Junk, s'Gravenhage.

Roth, L. M. 1987. The genus Neolaxta Mackerras (Dictyoptera: Blattaria: Blaberidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 25:141-150.

Roth, L. M. 1992. The Australian cockroach genus Laxta Walker (Dictyoptera: Blattaria: Blaberidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 6:389-435.

Roth, L. M. and E. Gutierrez. 1998. The cockroach genus Colapteroblatta, its synonyms Poroblatta, Acroporoblatta, and Nauclidas, and a new species of Litopeltis (Blattaria: Blaberidae, Epilamprinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 124(3-4):167-202.

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Archimandrita tesselata
Scientific Name Archimandrita tesselata
Comments Peppered roach
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Life Cycle Stage Adults
Copyright © Orin McMonigle
Scientific Name Petasodes dominicana
Location Brazil - SP
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Paula Constancia
Life Cycle Stage Nymph
Copyright © 2007 Joćo P. Burini
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