Symploce pallens (Stephens, 1835)

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Symploce pallens (Stephens, 1835)

Synonymy:

Ectobius pallens Stephens, 1835

Blatta capitata Saussure, 1862

Blatta deprivata Walker, 1868

Phyllodromia hospes Perkins, 1899

Symploce lita Hebard, 1916

Ischnoptera platystyla Chopard, 1938

Symploce benzoni Princis, 1951

Symploce kevani Chopard, 1954

Symploce vicentina Princis, 1959

Cahita gracilis Rocha e Silva, 1965

Distribution: Cuba, Ecuador — Galápagos Islands (Circumtropical).

Comments to faunistic records in Galápagos:

Hebard (1920b:316) ( Symploce lita ): Chatham Island (= Floreana), 1 male, October 1905 (leg. F.X. Williams) .

Hebard (1934:279) ( Symploce hospes ): Charles Island (= Floreana), Postoffice Bay, 16 males, 2 females, 12 juveniles, 2 oothecae, 20 August –15 September 1925 .

Linsley & Usinger (1966:125) ( Symploce lita ): San Cristóbal.

Roth (1984:51): Charles Island, 1 male, 1 September 1925, 1 male, 10–14 September 1925, 1 male, 20–30 August 1925, 1 female, 1–15 September 1925, Wollebaeks (all determined by Hebard as S. hospes ); Santa Cruz I., 0–100 m, 2 males, September 1970 (J. & M. Sedlacek)

Peck & Roth (1992:2206): Islas Floreana, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Bartolomé, Campeón, Fernandina, Genovesa, Isabela, Marchena, Pinta, Santa Fe, Santiago.

Peck (1996:1502) & Peck et al. (1998:223): the same locality as mentioned by Peck & Roth (1992).