Margatteoidea amoena Bolívar, 1924

Seychelles cockroach

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Supella amoena Bolívar, 1924

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: 1905

IUCN RedList status: Extinct

Distribution

Desroches Island, Seychelles

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Bolívar y Pieltain, Cándido. (1924). Orthoptera Dictyoptera (Blattidae and Mantidae), and supplement to Gryllidae, of the Seychelles and adjacent islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9) 13: 313-359.

Other references:

Gerlach, Justin. (2008). Preliminary conservation status and needs of an oceanic island fauna: the case of Seychelles insects. J Insect Conserv 12: 293-305.

Gerlach, Justin. (2012a). Margatteoidea amoena. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 17 October 2012.

Gerlach, Justin. (2012b). Red Listing reveals the true state of biodiversity: a comprehensive assessment of Seychelles biodiversity. Phelsuma 20: 9-22.

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