Balta

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Blattodea

Familia: Ectobiidae
Subfamilia: Pseudophyllodromiinae
Genus: Balta
Species (100): B. acutiventris – B. amplior – B. arborescens – B. athertonae – B. aurea – B. barbellata – B. bicolor – B. bilobata – B. biquandi – B. brunnea – B. buxtoni – B. caledonica – B. camerunensis – B. chopardi – B. crassivenosa – B. crena – B. curvidens – B. curvirostris – B. denticauda – B. dissecta – B. duplovittata – B. epilamproides – B. fictor – B. fragilis – B. francquii – B. fratercula – B. gemmicula – B. globifera – B. godeffroyi – B. gracilipes – B. grandis – B. granulosa – B. hebardi – B. heterostylata – B. hwangorum – B. ikonnikovi – B. inermis – B. innotabilis – B. insignis - B. jacobsoni – B. jinlinorum – B. komodensis – B. kurandae – B. litura – B. livida – B. longealata – B. longicercata – B. luteicosta – B. luzonica – B. maculata – B. minuta – B. montaguei – B. mundicola – B. nebulosa – B. nigrolineata – B. notulata – B. pallidula – B. papua – B. parvula – B. patula – B. perpallida – B. perscripta – B. personata – B. picea – B. pilosa – B. praestans – B. pulchella – B. punctuligera – B. quadricaudata – B. ramifera – B. reticulata – B. rouxi – B. ruficeps – B. sarasini – B. scripta – B. serraticauda – B. setifera – B. siccifolia – B. signata – B. similis – B. spinea – B. spinescens – B. spuria – B. stylata – B. tangi – B. testacea – B. toowoomba – B. torresiana – B. translucida – B. transversa – B. tricolor – B. unicolor – B. uvarovi – B. variegata – B. ventralis – B. verticalis – B. vicina – B. vilis – B. yaoi – B. yorkensis
Source(s) of checklist:
Name

Balta Tepper, 1893: 40

Type species: Balta epilamproides Tepper, 1893
Fixation: ?
NOTE: Originally included nominal species (2): Balta epilamproides, Balta discalis

Synonyms

Allactina Hebard, 1929
Eoblatta Shelford, 1911
Graptoblatta Hebard, 1929
Hebardula Uvarov, 1939
Mareta Bolívar, 1895
?Supellina Chopard, 1921

References

Hebard, M. 1943: Australian Blattidae of the subfamilies Chorisoneurinae and Ectobiinae (Orthoptera). Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, (4) Google books Reference page. [See p. 37]
Qiu, Z-W., Che, Y-L., Zheng, Y-H. & Wang, Z-Q. 2017. The cockroaches of Balta Tepper (Blattodea, Ecotobiidae, Pseudophyllodromiinae) from China, with the description of four new species. ZooKeys 714: 13—32. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.714.14041. Reference page.
Tepper, J.G.O. 1893: The Blattariae of Australia and Polynesia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 17: 25-126. BHL Reference page. [See p. 40]

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]

References

"genus Balta Tepper, 1893". Cockroach Species File. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
"Balta". EOL Encylocpedia of Life. Retrieved 2021-09-27.