Periplaneta japanna
| Periplaneta japanna | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Blattidae |
| Genus: | Periplaneta |
| Species: | P. japanna
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| Binomial name | |
| Periplaneta japanna Asahina, 1969
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Periplaneta japanna is a subtropical field-dwelling cockroach endemic to southern Japan.[1] The Japanese common name means urushi cockroach, or lacquer tree cockroach.[2]
Nymphs and adults are a dark black, and typically live under stones and pieces of wood.[1] Their ability to bore or live in rotting wood enables their spread via ocean currents.[3]
The species is found on several Japanese islands, distributed continuously from Japan's southwestern Ryukyu Islands chain to the south of Kyushu Island, and on Hachijō-jima Island.[1][4]
Nymph specimens from Hachijō-jima Island and Naha, Okinawa responded to photoperiodic stimuli quite differently during laboratory-induced diapause tests. This “might be regarded as the result of divergent evolution” between the parapatric populations.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Zhu, Dao-Hong; Tanaka, Seiji (2007). "Different photoperiodic responses in two geographic populations of a subtropical cockroach, Periplaneta japanna Asahina". Acta Ecologica Sinica (in Japanese and English). 27 (9): 3687–3693. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ^ Asahina, Shojiro (朝比奈正二郎) (1991). 日本産ゴキブリ類 [Blattaria of Japan] (in Japanese). Table of contents. ISBN 4-521-00281-1. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ^ Sakai, Masahiro; Ohbayashi, Nobuo; Yoshihara, Kazumi; Aita, Kazuhiro; Okada, Keiji; Yoshimichi, Syun Ichi; Yano, Shinji; Ono, Hiroshi; Konishi, Tomotaka (1998). "The enumeration of insects collected at Uchiumi-mura, Ehime Prefecture, Japan". Memoirs Of The College Of Agriculture Ehime University. 42 (2): 169–190. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ^ "Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
External links[edit]
- Civil International Corporation's blog (in English, translated by Google), with many photos and observations concerning P. japanna. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- Civil International Corporation’s blog (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 December 2013.