Theganopteryx, Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865

VIDLIČKA, ĽUBOMÍR, 2013, Cockroaches (Blattaria) of Ecuador-checklist and history of research, Zootaxa 3599 (5), pp. 401-445 : 436

Theganopteryx (?) sp. (Anaplectinae)

Distribution: Ecuador.

Comments to faunistic records in Ecuador:

Giglio-Tos (1898:2): 1 specimen, Valle del Zamora .

Campos (1923:4 and 1926:44): the same locality as mentioned by Giglio-Tos (1898).

Note: All known species from the genus Theganopteryx occur only in Africa and Madagascar. The determination was evidently erroneous.

In conclusion, records of 114 cockroach species ( Blattaria ) in the territory of Ecuador 105 in continental Ecuador and 18 in Galápagos Islands) are summarized. These species belong to 6 families and 42 genera ( Table 1 ). Occurrence of another 8 species is questionable. Forty species (38.5 %) were recorded exclusively from the territory of continental Ecuador. Five of 18 species living on the Galápagos Islands (27.8 %) are endemic. Currently, the continental Ecuadorian cockroach fauna shares the highest number of species with the Brazilian (43.3%) and Colombian faunas (28.8 %) ( Table 2). However, further studies on Ecuadorian as well as other Neotropical cocroaches are needed.