Salganea Explained

Salganea is a genus of South East Asian cockroaches in the subfamily Panesthiinae, erected by Carl Stål in 1877.[1]

Species

The Cockroach Species File[2] lists:

  1. Salganea cavagnaroi Roth, 1979
  2. Salganea erythronota Bolívar, 1897
  3. Salganea evansi Roth, 1979
  4. Salganea guangxiensis (Feng & Woo, 1990)
  5. Salganea hebardi Roth, 1979
  6. Salganea inaequaliterspinosa Hanitsch, 1933
  7. Salganea kodaikanalensis Roth, 1979
  8. Salganea matsumotoi Maekawa, Kon & Araya, 2005
  9. Salganea nalepae Maekawa & Matsumoto, 1999
  10. Salganea obtusespinosa Princis, 1954
  11. Salganea rehni Roth, 1979
  12. Salganea rossi Roth, 1979
  13. Salganea taylori Roth, 1979
  14. Salganea wrayi (Kirby, 1903)

In addition, a large number of species have been placed in 5 superspecies based on:

Salganea supersp. foveolata Roth, 1979 (Sulawesi)
Salganea supersp. morio Roth, 1979 (Malesia)
Salganea supersp. nigrita Roth, 1979 (widespread in India, China, SE Asia)
  1. Salganea amboinica Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
  2. Salganea anisodanta Wang, Shi, Wang & Che, 2014
  3. Salganea biglumis (Saussure, 1895)
  4. Salganea doesburgi Roth, 1979
  5. Salganea esakii Roth, 1979
  6. Salganea gressitti Roth, 1979
  7. Salganea humeralis Caudell, 1906
  8. Salganea incerta (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893)
  9. Salganea indica Princis, 1953
  10. Salganea nigrita (Stoll, 1813)
  11. Salganea passaloides (Walker, 1868)
  12. Salganea quinquedentata Wang, Shi, Wang & Che, 2014
  13. Salganea rugulata Saussure, 1895
  14. Salganea taiwanensis Roth, 1979
  15. Salganea ternatensis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
  16. Salganea triangulifera Hanitsch, 1933
Salganea supersp. papua Roth, 1979 (New Guinea)
Salganea supersp. raggei Roth, 1979

Notes and References

  1. Stål C (1877) Orthoptera nova ex Insulis Philippinis descripsit. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vet. Akad. Förhandlingar., 34(10), 33–58.
  2. https://cockroach.speciesfile.org/otus/858028/overview Cockroach Species File: genus Salganea Stål, 1877 (retrieved 25 October 2023)