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Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturae 1, ed. 10, Holmiae.
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Blattodea
family
Blattidae
genus
Periplaneta
species
Periplaneta americana

Name

Synonyms
Blatta americana Linnaeus, 1758
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 colorata J.A.G.Rehn, 1902
Periplaneta colorata Rehn, 1901
Periplaneta stolida Walker, 1868
Homonyms
Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
American cockroach in English
American cockroach in English
American cockroach in language.
American cockroach in English
American cockroach in English
American cockroach in English
American cockroach in English
American cockroach in English
American cockroach in English
American or ship cockroach in English
Amerikanische Großschabe in German
Amerikanische Schabe in German
Amerikansk kakerlak in Danish
Bombay canary in English
Bombay canary in English
Bombay canary in English
Bombay canary in English
american cockroach, ship cockroach in English
blatte américaine in French
grote kakkerlak in Dutch
ship cockroach in English
ship cockroach in English
ship cockroach in English
ship cockroach in English
American Cockroach in English
American Cockroach in English
Grote kakkerlak in Dutch
amerikansk kackerlacka in Swedish
Ship Cockroach in English

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. Fauna Europaea (1899-12-31 23:00:00) http://www.faunaeur.org
  3. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema naturae 1, ed. 10, Holmiae 424
  4. Nishida, Gordon M., ed., 1992: Hawaiian Terrestrial Arthropod Checklist. Bishop Museum Technical Report, no. MS-092192. viii + 262.
  5. 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.
  6. Princis. 1966. In Beier [Ed.]. Blattariae: Suborbo [sic] Blattoidea. Fam.: Blattidae, Nocticolidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus, W. Junk, s'Gravenhage(8):405
  7. University of Alaska Museum (2019e), https://arctos.database.museum/guid/UAM:Ento:237702
  8. Zimmerman (1948a), https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/2641
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