Pycnoscelus
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Blaberoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Blaberidae
Subfamilia: Pycnoscelinae
Genus: Pycnoscelus
Species:
P. aurantius –
P. confertus –
P. femapterus –
P. gorochovi –
P. indicus –
P. janetscheki –
P. micropterus –
P. niger –
P. puteus –
P. rothi –
P. rufus –
P. schwendingeri –
P. semivitreus –
P. striatus –
P. surinamensis –
P. tenebriger –
P. undulatus –
P. vietnamensis
Else see †P. gardneri
Name
Pycnoscelus Scudder, 1862: 421.
Type species: Pycnoscelus obscurus Scudder, 1862, by monotypy.
Gender: masculine (Note: The masculine gender is defined per ICZN 30.1.3, as Greek word(s) latinized with change of ending with the Latin suffix -us, formed by the combination of πυκνός (pukinós) + σκέλος (skélos) (despite this termination being neuter in Greek). The masculine formation is also consistent the original designation of the type species Pycnoscelus obscurus using a masculine epithet).
References
Primary references
- Scudder, S.H. 1862. Materials for a monograph of the North American Orthoptera. Boston Journal of Natural History 7: 409–480. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
- Cockerell, T.D.A. 1920. XXXVI.—Fossil arthropods in the British Museum.—I The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9(5): 273-279 DOI: 10.1080/00222932008632376 Online. Reference page.
- Wang, Y-S., Dong, X-J., Wang, Z-Q. & Che, Y-L. 2025. Taxonomic update of Pycnoscelus Scudder, 1862 (Blattodea, Blaberidae, Pycnoscelinae), with descriptions of two new species from China. ZooKeys 1231: 45–67. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1231.141287
Reference page.
Links
Cockroach Species File. (Accessed Dec. 2024)
