Periplaneta
Genus of cockroaches / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Periplaneta is a genus of cockroaches[1][2] containing some of the well-known pest species with cosmopolitan distributions, such as:
- Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758) – American cockroach
- Periplaneta australasiae (Fabricius, 1775) – Australian cockroach
- Periplaneta brunnea Burmeister, 1838 – Brown cockroach
- Periplaneta fuliginosa (Serville, 1839) – Smokybrown cockroach
- Periplaneta japonica Karny, 1908 – Japanese cockroach
- Periplaneta lateralis Walker, 1868 - the Turkestan cockroach
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Periplaneta | |
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Periplaneta americana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Blattodea |
Family: | Blattidae |
Subfamily: | Blattinae |
Genus: | Periplaneta Burmeister, 1838 |
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