Balta (cockroach) explained

Balta is a genus of cockroaches in the sub family Pseudophyllodromiinae. Found in Asia, Africa, Australia and Oceania. The genus was created in 1893 by Johann Tepper.

Species

These species belong to the genus Balta:

• Balta acutiventris (Chopard, 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 (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, 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 (Fabricius, 1798)
• Balta rouxi (Chopard, 1924)
• Balta ruficeps (Kirby, 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^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: genus Balta Tepper, 1893. Cockroach Species File. 2021-09-27.
2. Web site: Balta. EOL Encylocpedia of Life. 2021-09-27.