blatta70 Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Hello, this is Mark. I have seen the recently described name (Therea bernhardti) being used in reference to the Domino Cockroach (Therea petiveriana). Does anyone know if these are synonymous or are they in fact two separate but similar species? Thanks, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 From what I can gather through a few thorough Google searches, Therea petiveriana has been renamed T. bernhardti. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allpet Roaches Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Hello, this is Mark. I have seen the recently described name (Therea bernhardti) being used in reference to the Domino Cockroach (Therea petiveriana). Does anyone know if these are synonymous or are they in fact two separate but similar species? Thanks, Mark Some German guys decided they'd describe the culture found in the hobby as a new species. I don't know if they based it on something definitive like genitalia differences --doubtful-- or thought they'd describe a new species on a slight difference in color pattern (T. petiveriana spots are round like the specimen on the back of the Allpet Roaches book, not square). It's not in the blattodea species file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pharma Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Hi Mark The guy renaming the domino roach cultured here in Europe (User Lucihormetica if I remember correctly) does genitalia dissections in general. I don't know whether he did it in the particular case because the report is not yet freely available (therefore I didn't read it). You might send him a PM? Grüessli Andreas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blatta70 Posted June 6, 2010 Author Share Posted June 6, 2010 I appreciate everyone's informative advice as always. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axolotl Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Resurrecting this very old thread. What's the status on this? Was the name changed from T. petiveriana or is T. bernhardti actually a new species? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allpet Roaches Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Both are currently valid species though if synonymized in the future petiveriana would be the only correct name. The difference for the description is the color of the hind wings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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