Pacific cockroach
Euthyrrhapha pacifica (Coquebert de Montbret, 1804)
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
- Euthyrrhapha pacifica (Coquebert de Montbret, 1804)
- Name authority
- (Coquebert de Montbret, 1804)
- Common name
- Pacific cockroach
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Blattodea
- Family
- Corydiidae
- Genus
- Euthyrrhapha
- 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
- suborderSolumblattodea Evangelista, Wipfler, Béthoux, Donath, Fujita, Kohli, Legendre, Liu, Machida, Misof, Peters, Podsiadlowski, Rust, Schuette, Tollenaar, Ware, Wappler, Zhou, Meusemann & Simon, 2019
- superfamilyCorydioidea Saussure, 1864
- familyCorydiidae Saussure, 1864
- subfamilyEuthyrrhaphinae Handlirsch, 1925
- tribeEuthyrrhaphini Handlirsch, 1925
- genusEuthyrrhapha Burmeister, 1838
- speciesEuthyrrhapha pacifica (Coquebert de Montbret, 1804)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Euthyrrhapha. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Euthyrrhapha bigeminata Shelford, 1907 | CorydiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Euthyrrhapha metallica Princis, 1967 | CorydiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Euthyrrhapha termitophila Princis, 1967 | CorydiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Euthyrrapha ipsoides Walker, 1868 Walker, 1868 | synonym |
| Polyphagella bispinosa Chopard, 1929 Chopard, 1929 | synonym |
| Polyzosteria oniscoides Walker, 1875 Walker, 1875 | synonym |
| Tivia cornelie (Fernando, 1959) (Fernando, 1959) | synonym |
| Sphecophila cornelie Fernando, 1959 Fernando, 1959 | synonym |
| Blatta pacifica Coquebert de Montbret, 1804 Coquebert de Montbret, 1804 | synonym |
| Tivia catherine (Fernando, 1959) (Fernando, 1959) | synonym |
| Tivia macracantha Chopard, 1950 Chopard, 1950 | synonym |
| Tivia oniscoides (Walker, 1875) (Walker, 1875) | synonym |
| Euthyrrapha sanctae-helenae Coquebert de Montbret, 1804 Coquebert de Montbret, 1804 | synonym |
| Sphecophila ravana Fernando, 1957 Fernando, 1957 | synonym |
| Sphecophila catherine Fernando, 1959 Fernando, 1959 | synonym |
| Tivia ravana (Fernando, 1957) (Fernando, 1957) | synonym |
| Blatta bicincta Walker, 1875 Walker, 1875 | synonym |
| Blatta ciliata Thunberg, 1810 Thunberg, 1810 | synonym |
| Corydia (Euthyrrapha) biguttata Burmeister, 1838 Burmeister, 1838 | synonym |
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.
- Coquebert de Montbret, J.A. (1804) Illustr. Icongr. Ins., 3. 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:3DDP8. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.