Blaberus Serville, 1831

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Blaberus Serville, 1831

Blaberus affinis Jurberg, Rocha e Silva Albuquerque, Rebordoes, Gonçalves & Felippe, 1977

Geographical records: São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro.

Type: MNRJ, Rio de Janeiro (H, P) .

Ref.: Jurberg et al. 1977: 539-540; Lopes & Oliveira, 2000e: 3.

Blaberus atropos (Stoll, 1813) (Blatta)

Synonymy: fusca (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865) (Blabera) laticollis (Walker, 1868) (Blabera) trapezoidea var. fusca (Schmidt 1901) (Blabera)

Geographical records: Rio de Janeiro.

Type: NHM, London (H) .

Ref.: Princis, 1962-71: 131; Rocha e Silva Albuquerque, 1964c: 5; 1982: 3.

Blaberus brasilianus (Saussure, 1864) (Blabera)

Synonymy:

decisa Walker, 1868 (Blabera)

Geographical records: Rio Grande do Norte, Ceará, Paraiba.

Type: NHM, London (H) .

Ref.: Princis, 1962-71: 132; Rocha e Silva Albuquerque, 1964c: 5; Roth 1970b: 312.

Blaberus discoidalis (Serville, 1839) (Blabera)

Synonymy: gigantea (Drury, 1773 nec Linnaeus, 1758) (Blatta) atropos (Serville, 1839 nec Stoll, 1813) (Blabera) varians (Serville, 1839) (Blabera) cubensis (Saussure, 1864) (Blabera) trapezoidea (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1838 nec Burmeister 1838) (Blabera) subspurcata (Walker, 1868) (Blabera) rufescens (Saussure & Zehntner, 1864) (Blabera)

Geographical records: Brazil.

Type: NHM, London (L, PL) .

Ref.: Princis, 1962-71: 127; Rocha e Silva Albuquerque, 1964c: 5.

Blaberus duckei Jurberg, Rocha e Silva Albuquerque, Rebordoes, Gonçalves & Felippe, 1977

Geographical records: Amazonas.

Type: MNRJ, Rio de Janeiro (H, P) .

Ref.: Jurberg et al. 1977: 540; Lopes & Oliveira, 2000e: 3.

Blaberus fusiformis (Walker, 1868) (Blabera)

Synonymy:

atropos (Giglio-Tos, 1894 nec Stoll, 1813) (Blabera)

Geographical records: Amazonas.

Type: NHM, London (H) .

Ref.: Princis, 1962-71: 132.

Blaberus giganteus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Blatta)

Synonymy:

Blatta livida Gronovius, 1764

Blatta scutata Seba, 1765

colossea (Illiger, 1801) ( Blatta )

americana (Gistel, 1848 nec Linnaeus, 1758) ( Blatta / Steleopyga )

mexicana (Saussure, 1862) (Blabera)

stollii (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865) (Blabera)

marginalis (Walker, 1868) (Sisapona)

Geographical records: Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Minas Gerais.

Type: UUZM, Uppsala (H); LS, London (L) .

Ref.: Princis, 1962-71: 122; Rocha e Silva Albuquerque, 1964c: 5; 1972: 3; Jurberg et al. 1977: 542.

Blaberus matogrossensis Rocha e Silva (Albuquerque) & Aguiar, 1977

Geographical records: Mato Grosso.

Type: MNRJ, Rio de Janeiro (H, P) .

Ref.: Rocha e Silva (Albuquerque) & Aguiar, 1977: 3; Lopes & Oliveira, 2000e: 4.

Blaberus minor (Saussure, 1864) (Blabera)

Synonymy:

fraterna (Saussure, 1864) (Blabera).

Geographical records: Ceará.

Type: Indicated in the publication as deposited in MNHN, Paris, but not found in the collection. There is a specimen in MHNG, Geneva, but without indication whether it is a type or not .

Ref.: Princis, 1962-71: 130; Rocha e Silva Albuquerque, 1964c: 5; Jurberg et al. 1977: 545-547.

Remarks: cited in Rocha e Silva Albuquerque (1964c: 5) as B. fraternus from Brazil.

Blaberus parabolicus (Walker, 1868) (Blabera)

Synonymy: armigera (Scudder, 1868-69) (Blabera) aequatoriana (Bolivar, 1881) (Blabera) trapezoidea (Giglio-Tos, 1898 nec Burmeister 1838)

Geographical records: Amazonas, Pará, Mato Grosso.

Type: NHM, London (H) .

Ref.: Princis, 1962-71: 129; Rocha e Silva Albuquerque, 1964c: 5; 1972: 3; Roth 1970b: 310; Rocha e Silva (Albuquer-

que) & Aguiar, 1977: 5; Jurberg et al. 1977: 547.

Blaberus paulistanus Lopes & Oliveira, 2000a

Geographical records: São Paulo.

Type: MNRJ, Rio de Janeiro (H) .

Ref.: Lopes & Oliveira, 2000a: 2.

Blaberus scutatus (Saussure & Zehntner, 1864) (Blabera)

Geographical records: Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte.

Type: NHM, London (S) .

Ref.: Princis, 1962-71: 132; Rocha e Silva Albuquerque, 1964c: 5.

Blaberus trapezoideus (Burmeister, 1838) (Blabera)

Synonymy: limbata (Burmeister, 1838) (Blabera) ferruginea (Saussure, 1864 nec Stoll, 1813) (Blabera) quadrifera (Walker, 1868) (Blabera)

Geographical records: Brazil.

Type: There is a specimen in MHNG, Geneva, but without indication whether it is a type or not. According to Princis

(1958: 73) the L and P of B. quadrifera is in NHM, London.

Ref.: Princis, 1962-71: 125; Rocha e Silva Albuquerque, 1964c: 5.