NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Elliptorhina lefeuvri van Herrewege, 1973
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Elliptorhina lefeuvri van Herrewege, 1973
- Name authority
- van Herrewege, 1973
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Blattodea
- Family
- Blaberidae
- Genus
- Elliptorhina
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: yes. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsecta
- orderBlattodea Latreille, 1810
- superfamilyBlaberoidea Saussure, 1864
- epifamilyOrkrasomeria Evangelista, Wipfler & Béthoux, 2020
- familyBlaberidae Saussure, 1864
- subfamilyOxyhaloinae
- tribeGromphadorhini
- genusElliptorhina van Herrewege, 1973
- speciesElliptorhina lefeuvri van Herrewege, 1973
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Elliptorhina. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Chopard's Madagascan hissing cockroachElliptorhina chopardi (Lefeuvre, 1966) | BlaberidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elliptorhina coquereliana (Saussure, 1863) | BlaberidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elliptorhina javanica (Hanitsch, 1930) | BlaberidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elliptorhina testacea van Herrewege, 1973 | BlaberidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Van Herrewege, C. (1973) Contribution a l'etude des Blattaria de la faune Malgache. II. Description de huit especes nouvelles appartenant aux generes Gromphadorhina Brunner v.W. et Elliptorhina gen. nov. Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon, 42nd année, Numéro spécial du 150th anniversaire, Décember 1973, 75–103. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:39BP6. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.