Corydiinae
Creators: name: Caesar, Maram
name: Roy, Roger
name: Legendre, Frederic
name: Grandcolas, Philippe
name: Pellens, Roseli
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Blattodea
Corydiidae

description: Subfamily: Corydiinae
Heterogamisca persica (Chopard, 1921)
Polyphaga persica Chopard, 1921: 763.
Arenivaga (Heterogamisca) persica (Chopard, 1921); Princis, 1962: 68. Heterogamisca persica (Chopard, 1921); Grandcolas, 1994b: 157. Geographical records: Iraq.
General distribution: Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan.
Type: Holotype NHM. Type locality: Iraq: (Perse, Quazvin, Mésopotamie). Ref: Princis, 1961 –1971: 68.
(http://blattodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1178078).
Heterogamisca simillima (Chopard, 1929)
Heterogamodes simillima Chopard, 1929: 313.
Arenivaga (Heterogamisca) simillima (Chopard, 1921); Princis, 1962: 68. Geographical records: Jordan.
General distribution: From Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea. Type: Holotype NHM. Type locality: Jordan: Transjordanie. Ref: Princis, 1961 –1971: 68.
(http://blattodea.speciesfile.org/common/basic/taxa.aspx/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1178079)
Heterogamodes ursina (Burmeister, 1838)
Heterogamia ursina Burmeister, 1838: 489.
Heterogamia africana Brunner de Wattenwyl, 1865: 357. Heterogamia syriaca Krauss, 1890: 241.
Heterogamia livida Giglio-Tos, 1893: 3.
Heterogamodes ursina (Burmeister, 1838); Princis, 1962: 56; Grandcolas, 1994b: 157. Geographical records: Syria.
General distribution: Syria; Egypt; Libya; Tunisia; Algeria; Morocco; Africa (Sahara). Type: MLUH. Type locality: Syria, Egypt.
Ref: Princis, 1962: 56.
(http://blattodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1178086) There are specimens identified as ursina in the MHNG Collection, but they are not indicated as types or as part of a type series.
Polyphaga aegyptiaca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Blatta aegyptiaca Linnaeus, 1758: 424.
Polyphaga aegyptiaca (Linnaeus, 1758); Princis, 1962: 48; Grandcolas, 1994b: 157. Geographical record: Syria, Turkey, Iraq.
General distribution: Turkmenistan; Caucasus Mountains; Iran; Iraq; Turkey; Syria; Cyprus; (Crete Island); Greece; Croatia; (south), Italy; (Sicily), Italy; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; Egypt; Eritrea; Saudi Arabia. Type: UZIU. Type locality: Syria, Egypt.
Specimens of aegyptiaca MNHN, ZMHB, NHMW. Type locality: Syria, Turkey, Iraq. Ref: Princis, 1962: 48–51.
Remarks: Domestic species
(http://blattodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1178117) There are specimens identified as aegyptiaca in MLUH, but they are not indicated as types or as part of a type series.
Hemelytroblatta africana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Blatta africana Linnaeus, 1758: 424.
Blatta scutata minor Seba, 1765: 87.
Heterogamia ursine Burmeister, 1838: 1011.
Heterogamia africana Saussure, 1893: 312.
Heterogamia conspersa Brunner de Wattenwyl, 1865: 358. Polyphaga syriaca Saussure, 1864: 346.
Arenivaga (Psammoblatta) africana (Linnaeus, 1758); Princis, 1962: 66. Hemelytroblatta africana (Linnaeus, 1758); Grandcolas, 1994b: 157. Geographical records: Syria.
General distribution: From Egypt to Syria, probably more abundant in Syria and surrounding countries (Chopard, 1929: 304).
Type: UZIU. Type locality: Africa.
Specimens of africana in Syria and Lebanon in MLUH, MNHN, NHMW, NHM, ZMUZ. of ursine and syriaca in MHNG.
Ref: Princis, 1961 –1971: 66; Chopard, 1929: 301–305.
(http://blattodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1177349) There are specimens identified as africana in MHNG, but they are not indicated as types or as part of a type series.
Hemelytroblatta ebneri (Chopard, 1929)
Heterogamodes ebneri Chopard, 1929: 305 –306.
Arenivaga (Psammoblatta) ebneri (Chopard, 1929); Princis, 1962: 67. Hemelytroblatta africana (Linnaeus, 1758); Grandcolas, 1994b: 157. Geographical records: Turkey, Syria.
General distribution: Turkey, Syria, Rhodos.
Type: NHMW. Type locality: Turkey: Taurus: Makri.
Ref: Princis, 1961 –1971: 67.
There are specimens identified as ebneri in MHNG, but they are not indicated as types or as part of a type series.
Hemelytroblatta latifrons (Chopard, 1929)
Heterogamodes latifrons Chopard, 1929: 319.
Psammoblatta persica Chopard, 1929: 316.
Arenivaga (Psammoblatta) latifrons (Chopard, 1929); Princis, 1962: 66. Geographical record: Iraq.
General distribution: Iraq, Iran, Pakistan.
Type: MNHN. Type locality: Perse: Bender-Bouchir. Ref: Princis, 1961 –1971: 66.
(http://blattodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1178047) (http://isyeb.mnhn.fr/IMG/pdf/ Types _ Blattaria _ MNHN _modif.pdf)
Hemelytroblatta livida (Brunner de Wattenwyl, 1865)
Heterogamia livida Brunner de Wattenwyl, 1865: 359.
Arenivaga (Psammoblatta) livida (Brunner de Wattenwyl, 1865); Princis, 1962: 62. Geographical records: Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Jordan.
General distribution: Cyprus, Greece, Asia Minor.
Type: Paratype NHMW. Type locality: Chypre.
Ref: Princis, 1961 –1971: 62, Giglio-tos, 1893: 3.
A recent list of types in NHMW confirms its presence in this institution.
Hemelytroblatta marismortui (Janson, 1891)
Heterogamia (Polyphaga) maris-mortui Janson, 1891: 184. Arenivaga (Psammoblatta) maris-mortui (Janson, 1891); Princis, 1962: 65. Hemelytroblatta africana (Linnaeus, 1758); Grandcolas, 1994b: 157. Geographical records: Iraq, Syria.
General distribution: Syria, Iraq, Sinaï (Egypt).
Type: NHM. Type locality: Egypt: Sinaï.
Ref: Princis, 1961 –1971: 65.
(http://blattodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1178051) Although the original publications mention NHM as the depository institution, recent institutional lists do not confirm its presence.
description: Published as part of Caesar, Maram, Roy, Roger, Legendre, Frederic, Grandcolas, Philippe & Pellens, Roseli, 2015, Catalogue of Dictyoptera from Syria and neighbouring countries (Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Jordan), pp. 71-92 in Zootaxa 3948 (1) on pages 84-86, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3948.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/288372