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Taxonomy of Genus Pycnoscelus Scudder, 1862


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
652
12648
108742
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Blattodea
Latreille, 1810
Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Termites
129
1844
16974
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Blaberoidea
Saussure, 1864
5
619
6874
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyBlaberidae
Saussure, 1864
Blaberids, Giant cockroach, Giant cockroaches
264
2549
Genera
Species
SubfamilyPycnoscelinae
McKittrick, 1964
4
48
Genera
Species
GenusPycnoscelus
Scudder, 1862
30Species
Subnodes of Pycnoscelus Scudder, 1862
SpeciesPycnoscelus aurantia Hanitsch, 1935
SpeciesPycnoscelus aurantius Hanitsch, 1935
SpeciesPycnoscelus conferta Walker, F., 1869
SpeciesPycnoscelus confertus Walker, 1869
SpeciesPycnoscelus femapterus Roth, L. M., 1998
SpeciesPycnoscelus gardneri T. D. A. Cockerell, 1920
SpeciesPycnoscelus gorochovi Anisyutkin, 2002
SpeciesPycnoscelus indica Fabricius, 1775
SpeciesPycnoscelus indicus Fabricius, 1775
Burrowing cockroach, Indian cockroach
SpeciesPycnoscelus janetscheki Bei-Bienko, 1968
SpeciesPycnoscelus major Roeser, 1940  ⇒ Pycnoscelis surinamensis
SpeciesPycnoscelus melanocephala Stoll, 1813  ⇒ Pycnoscelus surinamensis
SpeciesPycnoscelus microptera Hanitsch, 1931
SpeciesPycnoscelus micropterus Hanitsch, 1931
SpeciesPycnoscelus minor Roeser, 1940  ⇒ Pycnoscelis surinamensis
SpeciesPycnoscelus niger Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
SpeciesPycnoscelus nigra Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
SpeciesPycnoscelus obscurus Scudder, 1862  ⇒ Pycnoscelis surinamensis
SpeciesPycnoscelus puteus Wang and Che in Wang et al, 2025
SpeciesPycnoscelus rothi Anisyutkin, 2002
SpeciesPycnoscelus rufus Bei-Bienko, 1950  ⇒ Pycnoscelus tenebrigera
SpeciesPycnoscelus schwendingeri Anisyutkin, 2018
SpeciesPycnoscelus semivitreus Princis, 1967
SpeciesPycnoscelus striata Kirby, W. F., 1903
SpeciesPycnoscelus striatus Kirby, 1903
SpeciesPycnoscelus surinamensis Linnaeus, 1758
Greenhouse cockroach, Surinam Cockroach, Surinam roach
SpeciesPycnoscelus tenebriger Walker, 1868
SpeciesPycnoscelus tenebrigera Walker, F., 1868
SpeciesPycnoscelus undulatus Wang and Che in Wang et al, 2025
SpeciesPycnoscelus vietnamensis Anisyutkin, 2002

Synonyms
Epilampria (Tepper, 1894)
Leucophaea (Kirby, 1904)
Pycnoscelis (Scudder, 1862)
Zencophaea (Finot, 1897)


Distribution of Pycnoscelus Scudder, 1862
Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belgium, Botswana, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic South Africa, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, United Kingdom, USA, Vietnam


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