Loboptera

Loboptera
Loboptera decipiens
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Ectobiidae
Subfamily: Blattellinae
Genus: Loboptera
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
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Loboptera is a genus of mostly Palaearctic cockroaches erected by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1865; it appears to be currently placed in the subfamily Blattellinae. The recorded distribution (probably incomplete) for species includes: mainland Europe (not the British Isles or Scandinavia), North Africa, Cameroun, the Middle East through to central Asia.

Species

The Cockroach Species File lists:

  1. Loboptera alluaudi Chopard, 1936
  2. Loboptera anagae Martin & Oromi, 1987
  3. Loboptera andalusica Bohn, 1990
  4. Loboptera angulata Chopard, 1943
  5. Loboptera barbarae Bohn, 1990
  6. Loboptera canariensis Chopard, 1954
  7. Loboptera cavernicola Martin & Oromi, 1987
  8. Loboptera chioensis Martin & Izquierdo, 1999
  9. Loboptera cryptofoveata Bohn, 1991
  10. Loboptera cuneilobata Bohn, 1991
  11. Loboptera decipiens (Germar, 1817) - type species as: Blatta decipiens Germar (= L. decipiens decipiens one of 2 subspecies)
  12. Loboptera delafrontera Bohn, 1990
  13. Loboptera fortunata Krauss, 1892
  14. Loboptera foveolata Bohn, 1991
  15. Loboptera glandulifera Bohn, 1991
  16. Loboptera hispanica Harz, 1975
  17. Loboptera irregularis Chopard, 1943
  18. Loboptera isolata Grandcolas, 1994
  19. Loboptera jensi Bohn, 1990
  20. Loboptera juergeni Bohn, 1990
  21. Loboptera lagunensis Martin & Izquierdo, 1999
  22. Loboptera loboptera (Princis, 1962)
  23. Loboptera maroccana Bolívar, 1894
  24. Loboptera minor Bolívar, 1894
  25. Loboptera ombriosa Martin & Izquierdo, 1987
  26. Loboptera ovolobata Bohn, 1991
  27. Loboptera penirobusta Martin & Izquierdo, 1999
  28. Loboptera subterranea Martin & Oromi, 1987
  29. Loboptera teneguia Izquierdo & Martin, 1999
  30. Loboptera tenoensis Izquierdo & Martin, 1999
  31. Loboptera troglobia Izquierdo & Martin, 1987
  32. Loboptera truncata Chopard, 1936

References

  1. ↑ Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1865) Nouveau Système des Blattaires. 79.
  2. 1 2 Cockroach Species File: genus Loboptera Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 1 May 2023)