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Ellipsidion

Ellipsidion is a genus of cockroach in the family Ectobiidae. According to the Cockroach Species File, it contains eighteen species:Ellipsidion amplum Hebard, 1943Ellipsidion australe (Saussure, 1863)Ellipsidion bicolor (Tepper, 1895)Ellipsidion castaneum (Shelford, 1907)Ellipsidion femoratum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865)Ellipsidion gemmiculum Hebard, 1943Ellipsidion humerale (Tepper, 1893)Ellipsidion laetum Hanitsch, 1934Ellipsidion magnificum Hebard, 1943Ellipsidion marginiferum (Walker, 1868)Ellipsidion notabile Hebard, 1943Ellipsidion quadripunctatum (Tepper, 1893)Ellipsidion ramosum (Walker, 1871)Ellipsidion reticulatum Saussure, 1864Ellipsidion simulans Hebard, 1943Ellipsidion terminale Hanitsch, 1923Ellipsidion variegatum (Fabricius, 1775)Ellipsidion yapenensis Roth, 1999

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Ellipsidion
Ellipsidion humerale
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Ectobiidae
Subfamily: Pseudophyllodromiinae
Genus: Ellipsidion
Saussure, 1863
Species

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Synonyms
  • Apolyta Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
  • Ellipsidium Saussure, 1864

Ellipsidion is a genus of cockroach in the family Ectobiidae.1 According to the Cockroach Species File, it contains eighteen species:2

  • Ellipsidion amplum Hebard, 1943
  • Ellipsidion bicolor (Tepper, 1895)
  • Ellipsidion castaneum (Shelford, 1907)
  • Ellipsidion femoratum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865)
  • Ellipsidion gemmiculum Hebard, 1943
  • Ellipsidion laetum Hanitsch, 1934
  • Ellipsidion magnificum Hebard, 1943
  • Ellipsidion marginiferum (Walker, 1868)
  • Ellipsidion notabile Hebard, 1943
  • Ellipsidion quadripunctatum (Tepper, 1893)
  • Ellipsidion ramosum (Walker, 1871)
  • Ellipsidion reticulatum Saussure, 1864
  • Ellipsidion simulans Hebard, 1943
  • Ellipsidion terminale Hanitsch, 1923
  • Ellipsidion variegatum (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Ellipsidion yapenensis Roth, 1999
References

References

  1. "Ellipsidion". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.
  2. "genus Ellipsidion Saussure, 1863: Cockroach Species File". cockroach.archive.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2024-05-10.