''Dorylaea'' is a genus of South-East Asian
cockroach
Cockroaches (or roaches) are insects belonging to the Order (biology), order Blattodea (Blattaria). About 30 cockroach species out of 4,600 are associated with human habitats. Some species are well-known Pest (organism), pests.
Modern cockro ...
es in the subfamily
Blattinae erected by
Carl Stål
Carl Stål (21 March 1833 – 13 June 1878) was a Swedish people, Swedish entomologist specialising in Hemiptera.
He was born at Karlberg Castle, Stockholm on 21 March 1833 and died at Frösundavik near Stockholm on 13 June 1878. He was the son ...
in 1877.
[Stål C (1877) Orthoptera nova ex Insulis Philippinis descripsit. ''Öfversigt af Kongl. Vet. Akad. Förhandlingar.'' 34(10): 36.] Species are sometimes called "darkling cockroaches" and their known distribution is almost certainly incomplete: having been recorded from Vietnam then peninsular Malaysia, Sri Lanka and most of
Malesia
Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. It is a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical kingdom. It was first recognized as a distinct region ...
including Taiwan through to Australia and the West Pacific islands.
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Species
The ''Cockroach Species File''[Cockroach Species File: genus ''Dorylaea'' Stål, 1877]
(Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 28 March 2024) lists:
# '' Dorylaea andrewsi''
# '' Dorylaea archershee''
# '' Dorylaea atrocaput''
# '' Dorylaea brunneri'' - type species
# '' Dorylaea bryanti''
# '' Dorylaea crassa''
# '' Dorylaea dacrydii''
# '' Dorylaea flavicincta''
# '' Dorylaea flavicollis''
# '' Dorylaea flavifrons''
# '' Dorylaea heinzei''
# '' Dorylaea hosei''
# '' Dorylaea magna''
# '' Dorylaea picea''
# '' Dorylaea prakkei''
# '' Dorylaea rhabdotops''
# '' Dorylaea robinsoni''
# '' Dorylaea rotundata''
# '' Dorylaea saundersi''
# '' Dorylaea semimarginalis''
# '' Dorylaea umbellifera''
# '' Dorylaea unicolor''
# '' Dorylaea vietnamica''
# '' Dorylaea zeylanica''
* temporary name: '' Dorylaea orini''
References
External links
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{{Taxonbar, from= Q10476116
Cockroaches
Cockroach genera
Insects of Asia
Taxa named by Carl Stål