Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Dataset
- Cockroach Species File
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Linnaeus. 1758. Systema naturae 1, ed. 10, Holmiae
Classification
- order
- Blattodea
- family
- Blattidae
- genus
- Periplaneta
- species
- Periplaneta americana
ecology
Domiciliary pest
typematerial
Lectotype, 3 paralectotypes.
habitat
Terrestrial.
Name
- Synonyms
- Blatta aurelianensis Fourcroy, 1785
- Blatta domicola Risso, 1826
- Blatta ferrugineofusca Gronovius, 1764
- Blatta heros Eschscholtz, 1822
- Blatta kakkerlac De Geer, 1773
- Blatta orientalis Sulzer, 1776
- Blatta siccifolia Stoll, 1813
- Periplaneta americana subsp. colorata Rehn, 1901
- Periplaneta stolida Walker, 1868
- Homonyms
- Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common names
- American cockroach in English
- Bombay canary in English
- ship cockroach in English
Bibliographic References
- Linnaeus. 1758. Systema naturae 1, ed. 10, Holmiae 424
- Princis. 1966. In Beier [Ed.]. Blattariae: Suborbo [sic] Blattoidea. Fam.: Blattidae, Nocticolidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus, W. Junk, s'Gravenhage(8):405