New combinations, synonymies, redescriptions, and new species of cockroaches, mostly Indo-Australian Blattellidae

Abstract

New species, new synonymies and new combinations are given for the following blattellid genera: Carbrunneria Princis, Episymploce Bey-Bienko, Parasymploce Hebard, Blattella Caudell, Balta Tepper, Margattea Shelford, Allacta Saussure & Zehntner and Supella (Nemosupella) Rehn.

New species are: Parasymploce dumoganensis, Allacta australiensis and Allacta mcgavini.

New synonymies and combinations are: Molestella Bruijning is Margattea; Margattea buettikoferi Bruijning is Margattea brevialata (Caudell); Margattea kumamotonis kumamotonis (Shiraki) is Margattea nimbata (Shelford); Margattea kumamotonis shirakii (Princis) is Margattea nimbata shirakii (Princis). The following are transferred to Margattea: Molestella molesta (Brunner), Phyllodromia Iuteomaculata Hanitsch, Blattella brevialata Caudell, Theganosilpha ogatai Asahina, Theganosilpha satsumana Asahina, Ceratinoptera gyldenstolpe Hanitsch, Scalida gemmata Hanitsch.

Asymploce Yuyuang & Pingzhang is Episymploce, and A. rubroverticis Yuy. & Ping. and A. hunanensis Yuy. & Ping. are transferred to that genus.

The following belong in Carbrunneria: Ceratinoptera ensifera Shelford, Balta liturata (Tepper), Symploce triramosa (Saussure), Apolyta pallescens Tepper.

The following belong in Balta: Stenectoneura litura (Tepper), Margattea bilobata Hanitsch, Margattea setifera Hanitsch, Ceratinoptera variegata Hanitsch.

Arublatta Bruijning is Allacta, and the following are transferred to this genus: Phyllodromia puncticollis Brunner, Molestella luteomarginata Hanitsch, Arublatta punctata (Walker), Arublatta basivittata Bruijning, Arublatta maculicllis (Hanitsch), Scalida pantherina Hanitsch.

Phyllodromia interlineata (Hanitsch) is a Blattella. Syiiipbce icirodiaiza Roih is a Supeiia (Nernosupella). Blattella similis Bolivar is transferred to Sliferia Roth, and Trogloblattella chapmani Roth is placed in Neotrogloblattella, gen. nov.

Redescriptions are given for most of the above taxa, as well as others in their correct genera but which are difficult to determine from their original descriptions.