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Blattella germanica (Linnaeus, 1767)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnaeus. 1767. Systema naturae 1, ed. 12, Holmiae

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Blattodea
family
Ectobiidae
genus
Blattella
species
Blattella germanica

Name

Synonyms
Blatta asiatica Pallas, 1773
Blatta bivittata Serville, 1838
Blatta daurica Laxmann, 1769
Blatta germanica Linnaeus, 1767
Blatta obliquata Daldorf, 1794
Blatta parallela Harris, 1835
Blatta transfuga Brünnich, 1763
Blattella asiatica (Pallas, 1773)
Blattella bivittata (Serville, 1839)
Blattella daurica (Laxmann, 1769)
Blattella germanica shuguroffi Karny, 1908
Blattella niitakana (Shiraki, 1931)
Blattella obliquata (Daldorf, 1794)
Blattella transfuga (Brünnich, 1763)
Eublattella cuneivittata (Hanitsch, 1925)
Ischnoptera paralella Tepper, 1893
Ischnoptera parallela Princis, 1969
Phyllodromia cuneivittata Hanitsch, 1925
Phyllodromia magna Tepper, 1895
Phyllodromia niitakana Shiraki, 1931
Homonyms
Blattella germanica (Linnaeus, 1767)
Common names
Almindelig kakerlak in Danish
Crotonbug in English
Deutsche Schabe in German
Deutsche Schabe in German
Deutsche Schabe in German
German Cockroach in English
German cockroach in language.
German cockroach in English
German cockroach in English
German cockroach in English
German cockroach in English
German cockroach in English
German cockroach in English
Tysk kakerlak in Danish
blatte germanique in French
crotonbug in English
duitse kakkerlak in Dutch
german cockroach in English
Duitse kakkerlak in Dutch
German Cockroach in English
tysk kackerlacka in Swedish

Bibliographic References

  1. Atkinson, Thomas H., Philip G. Koehler, and Richard S. Patterson, 1991: Catalog and Atlas of the Cockroaches of North America North of Mexico. Miscellaneous Publications of the Entomological Society of America, no. 78. 1-85.
  2. Bergsten (2013-09-03 22:00:00) Landskapskatalog - Blattodea, kackerlackor. Sveriges Entomologiska Förening
  3. Fauna Europaea (1899-12-31 23:00:00) http://www.faunaeur.org
  4. Frenot, Y.; Chown, S. L.; Whinam, J.; Selkirk, P. M.; Convey, P.; Skotnicki, M.; Bergstrom, D. M. (2005). Biological invasions in the Antarctic: extent, impacts and implications. <em>Biological Reviews.</em> 80(1): 45-72.
  5. Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767].
  6. Linnaeus. 1767. Systema naturae 1, ed. 12, Holmiae 688
  7. Morin and Conant (1998), https://www2.hawaii.edu/~conant/laysan.res.plan.pdf
  8. Nishida, Gordon M., ed., 1992: Hawaiian Terrestrial Arthropod Checklist. Bishop Museum Technical Report, no. MS-092192. viii + 262.
  9. Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds., 1997: Blattodea. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America: vol. 4: Non-Holometabolous Orders. 31-39.
  10. Princis, K. / Beier, M., ed., 1969: Blattariae: Subordo Epilamproidea Fam.: Blattellidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus, pars 13. 711-1038.
  11. Princis. 1969. In Beier [Ed.]. Blattariae: Subordo Epilamproidea. Fam.: Blattellidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus, W. Junk, s'Gravenhage(13):807
  12. University of Alaska Museum (2019d), https://arctos.database.museum/guid/UAM:Ento:104796
  13. Vickery, Vernon R., and Keith McE. Kevan, 1985: The Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Related Insects of Canada and adjacent regions. Ulonota: Dermaptera, Cheleutoptera, Notoptera, Dictuoptera, Grylloptera, and Orthoptera. The Insects and Arachnids of Canada, part 14. 918.
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