Plectoptera
From Handwiki Short description: Genus of cockroaches
| Plectoptera | |
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| Plectoptera pulicaria | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Ectobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudophyllodromiinae |
| Genus: | Plectoptera Saussure, 1864 |
Plectoptera is a genus of American cockroaches in the family Ectobiidae and tribe Plectopterini. There are at least 2 described species in Plectoptera.[1][2][3]
Species
- Plectoptera picta Saussure & Zehntner, 1893 (pictured beetle cockroach)
- Plectoptera poeyi (Saussure, 1862) (Florida beetle roach)
References
- ↑ "Plectoptera Genus Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/454746. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
- ↑ "Plectoptera Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=666669. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
- ↑ "Catalog and atlas of the cockroaches (Dictyoptera) of North America north of Mexico", Atkinson T.H., Koehler P.G., Patterson R.S. 1991. Misc. Publ. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 78: 1-86.
- Gutiérrez, Esteban (1995). "Annotated checklist of Cuban cockroaches". Transactions of the American Entomological Society, vol. 121, 65-84.
- 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.
Further reading
- Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
Wikidata ☰ Q10633820 entry
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Categories: [Cockroaches]
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