''Balta'' is a genus of
cockroach
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Modern cockro ...
es in the sub family
Pseudophyllodromiinae. Found in
Asia
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,
Africa
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,
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and
Oceania
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. The genus was created in 1893 by
Johann Tepper.
Species
These species belong to the genus ''Balta'':
* ''
Balta acutiventris''
(Chopard
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, 1924)
* ''
Balta amplior''
( Hebard, 1943)
* ''
Balta arborescens''
( Hanitsch, 1930)
* ''
Balta athertonae''
(Hebard, 1943)
* ''
Balta aurea''
(Hanitsch, 1928)
* ''
Balta barbellata''
(Che & Chen, 2010)
* ''
Balta bicolor''
(Hebard, 1943)
* ''
Balta bilobata''
(Hanitsch, 1928)
* ''
Balta brunnea''
(Chopard, 1924)
* ''
Balta caledonica''
(Chopard, 1924)
* ''
Balta camerunensis''
( Shelford, 1908)
* ''
Balta chopardi''
( Princis, 1969)
* ''
Balta similis''
(Chopard, 1924)
* ''
Balta crassivenosa
Balta may refer to:
People
* Balta (footballer) (born 1962), Spanish footballer and manager
* Balta (surname)
Places
* Balta (crater), on Mars
* Balta, Mehedinți, Romania
*Bâlta, a village in Filiași, Dolj County, Romania
*Bâlta, a villag ...
''
( Bolívar, 1924)
* ''
Balta curvidens''
(Hebard, 1943)
* ''
Balta curvirostris''
Che & Chen, 2010
* ''
Balta denticauda''
Hebard, 1943
* ''
Balta dissecta''
Che & Wang, 2010
* ''
Balta epilamproides''
Tepper, 1893
* ''
Balta fragilis''
Hebard, 1943
* ''
Balta francquii''
Princis, 1969
* ''
Balta fratercula''
Hebard, 1943
* ''
Balta gemmicula''
Hebard, 1943
* ''
Balta globifera''
(Hanitsch, 1933)
* ''
Balta godeffroyi''
(Shelford, 1911)
* ''
Balta gracilipes''
(Chopard, 1924)
* ''
Balta grandis''
(Chopard, 1924)
* ''
Balta granulosa''
(Hanitsch, 1933)
* ''
Balta hebardi''
Princis, 1969
* ''
Balta heterostylata''
Princis, 1957
* ''
Balta hwangorum''
Bey-Bienko, 1958
* ''
Balta ikonnikovi''
(Bey-Bienko, 1941)
* ''
Balta inermis''
(Princis, 1963)
* ''
Balta innotabilis''
(Walker
Walker or The Walker may refer to:
People
*Walker (given name)
*Walker (surname)
*Walker (Brazilian footballer) (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
Places
In the United States
*Walker, Arizona, in Yavapai County
*Walker, Mono County, California
* ...
, 1871)
* ''
Balta conspicienda''
(Bolívar, 1895)
* ''
Balta insignis''
(Shelford, 1910)
* ''
Balta jacobsoni''
(Hebard, 1929)
* ''
Balta jinlinorum''
Che & Wang, 2010
* ''
Balta komodensis''
Bey-Bienko, 1965
* ''
Balta kurandae''
Hebard, 1943
* ''
Balta litura''
(Tepper, 1896)
* ''
Balta livida''
(Princis, 1963)
* ''
Balta longealata''
(Hanitsch, 1930)
* ''
Balta longicercata''
(Bolívar, 1924)
* ''
Balta luteicosta''
Hebard, 1943
* ''
Balta luzonica''
(Bey-Bienko, 1941)
* ''
Balta minuta''
(Chopard, 1924)
* ''
Balta montaguei''
(Chopard, 1924)
* ''
Balta mundicola''
(Walker, 1868)
* ''
Balta nebulosa''
(Hebard, 1943)
* ''
Balta nigrolineata''
( Stål, 1877)
* ''
Balta notulata''
(Stål, 1860)
* ''
Balta pallidula''
(Hebard, 1943)
* ''
Balta papua''
(Saussure & Zehntner, 1895)
* ''
Balta parvula''
(Bolívar, 1924)
* ''
Balta patula''
(Walker, 1869)
* ''
Balta perpallida''
Hebard, 1943
* ''
Balta perscripta''
Hebard, 1943
* ''
Balta personata''
Hebard, 1943
* ''
Balta picea''
Bey-Bienko, 1958
* ''
Balta praestans''
Hebard, 1943
* ''
Balta pulchella''
Hebard, 1943
* ''
Balta punctuligera''
Hebard, 1943
* ''
Balta quadricaudata''
Hebard, 1943
* ''
Balta ramifera''
(Walker, 1871)
* ''
Balta reticulata''
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*people from the Ancient Roman Fabricia gens, gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587–1616), known by his ...
, 1798)
* ''
Balta rouxi''
(Chopard, 1924)
* ''
Balta ruficeps''
(Kirby
Kirby may refer to:
Buildings
* Kirby Building, a skyscraper in Dallas, Texas, United States
* Kirby Lofts, a building in Houston, Texas, United States
* Kirby Hall, an Elizabethan country house near Corby, Northamptonshire, England
* Kirby Ho ...
, 1900)
* ''
Balta sarasini''
(Chopard, 1924)
* ''
Balta scripta''
(Shelford, 1911)
* ''
Balta serraticauda''
Hebard, 1943
* ''
Balta setifera''
(Hanitsch, 1929)
* ''
Balta siccifolia''
(Hanitsch, 1932)
* ''
Balta signata''
Bey-Bienko, 1965
* ''
Balta similis''
( Saussure, 1869)
* ''
Balta spinea''
Che & Chen, 2010
* ''
Balta spinescens''
Che & Wang, 2010
* ''
Balta spuria''
( Wattenwyl, 1865)
* ''
Balta stylata''
Hebard, 1943
* ''
Balta testacea''
(Tepper, 1896)
* ''
Balta toowoomba''
Hebard, 1943
* ''
Balta torresiana''
Hebard, 1943
* ''
Balta translucida''
(Shelford, 1908)
* ''
Balta transversa''
Hebard, 1943
* ''
Balta tricolor''
(Hanitsch, 1934)
* ''
Balta unicolor''
(Chopard, 1929)
* ''
Balta uvarovi''
(Chopard, 1924)
* ''
Balta variegata''
(Hanitsch, 1933)
* ''
Balta ventralis''
Hebard, 1943
* ''
Balta verticalis''
Hebard, 1943
* ''
Balta vicina''
(Wattenwyl), 1893)
* ''
Balta vilis''
(Wattenwyl), 1865)
* ''
Balta yorkensis''
Hebard, 1943
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q10425607
Cockroach genera
Taxa named by J. G. O. Tepper