Neostylopyga
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| Neostylopyga ornata, a typical member of the genus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Blattidae |
| Genus: | Neostylopyga Shelford, 1911 |
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Neostylopyga is a genus of cockroaches described by Robert Walter Campbell Shelford in 1911. Some of the species are strikingly coloured and patterned and are popular in cultures under the common name harlequin roaches or harlequin cockroaches.[1]
Taxonomy and systematics[]
The type species of the genus is Neostylopyga rhombifolia (Stoll, 1813), but at first it was assigned to the genus Blatta and subsequently to other genera, including Periplaneta, to which it is closely related.[1] The current genus was assigned by Shelford in 1911.[2]
Accepted species[]
The following are the species currently recognised, listed in alphabetic sequence:
- (Hanitsch, 1950)
- Princis, 1962
- (Hanitsch, 1928)
- Princis, 1966
- (Walker, 1868)
- (Saussure, 1891)
- Roth, L. M., 1988
- Anisyutkin, 2010
- (Hanitsch, 1931)
- (Shelford, 1911)
- (Shelford, 1909)
- Bei-Bienko, 1965
- (Shelford, 1912)
- (Shelford, 1911)
- (Hanitsch, 1950)
- (Saussure, 1899)
- (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865)
- (Shaw, 1925)
- Bolivar, 1897
- (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865)
- (Shelford, 1910)
- (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898)
- Neostylopyga rhombifolia (Stoll, 1813)
- (Chopard, 1924)
- (Hanitsch, 1950)
- (Shelford, 1910)
- (Shelford, 1912)
- (Walker, 1871)
- Princis, 1966
- Princis, 1962
- (Chopard, 1924)
- (Saussure, 1899)
- (Shelford, 1908)
Pest status[]
Neostylopyga is related to invasive pest species such as Periplaneta americana, and like the major pest species, some members of the genus, such as Neostylopyga rhombifolia, the "harlequin cockroach", have spread to so many regions as to be regarded with suspicion at least.[3] In some countries, it already is seen as a largely outdoor domestic pest.[4] Certainly none of the species is widely seen as one of the major pest roaches yet.
References[]
- ^ a b Anisyutkin, L.N. "New data on the genus Neostylopyga Shelford, 1911 (Dictyoptera, Blattidae) with description of a new species from Laos". Entomological Review. 90 (7): 871–876. doi:10.1134/S0013873810070055.
- ^ Ent. Rec. 23(9):242 1911
- ^ New Zealand Biosecurity Harlequin Cockroach
- ^ William H. Robinson (14 April 2005). Urban Insects and Arachnids: A Handbook of Urban Entomology. Cambridge University Press. pp. 464–. ISBN 978-1-139-44347-0.
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