Laxta

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Blaberidae
Genus: Laxta
Species (13): L. aptera – L. darbyi – L. feroculotacta – L. fraucai – L. friedmani – L. granicollis – L. granulosa – L. guttata – L. jeanneae – L. minima – L. rieki – L. shawi – L. tillyardi

[source: Blattodea Species File (Version 1.0/4.1)]
Name

Laxta Walker, 1868
Synonyms

Oniscomorpha Godeffroy, 1877
Oniscosoma Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
Zetobora Saussure, 1862

References

Walker 1868: Catalogue of the Specimens of Blattariae in the Collection of the British Museum. 17.
Princis 1963: In Beier [Ed.]. Blattariae: Suborde [sic] Polyphagoidea: Fam.: Homoeogamiidae, Euthyrrhaphidae, Latindiidae, Anacompsidae, Atticolidae, Attaphilidae. Subordo Blaberoidea: Fam. Blaberidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus, 4: 146.
Princis 1967: In Beier [Ed.]. Blattariae: Suborbo [sic] Epilamproidea. Fam.: Nyctiboridae, Epilampridae. Orthopterorum Catalogus, 11: 708.
Roth, L.M. 1992: The Australian cockroach genus Laxta Walker (Dictyoptera: Blattaria: Blaberidae). Invertebrate taxonomy 6(2): 389-435. DOI: 10.1071/IT9920389 Paywall. Reference page.