Megaloblatta longipennis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Ectobiidae |
| Genus: | Megaloblatta |
| Species: | M. longipennis
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| Binomial name | |
| Megaloblatta longipennis (Walker, 1868)
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Blabera longipennis Walker, 1868 | |
Megaloblatta longipennis is a species of cockroach in the family Ectobiidae. It is one of the world's largest cockroaches by length and wingspan. It is native to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru;[3][4][5] although its range sometimes is reported to extend into Panama, this is based on misidentifications of the closely related and similar M. blaberoides (the only Central American species in the genus).[6]
Description
Members of M. longipennis are known for their exceptional size; the largest specimen measured 9.7 cm (3.8 in) in length, 4.5 cm (1.8 in) in width, and had a wingspan of 20 cm (8 in).[7] The related M. blaberoides, which is quite similar but differs in certain morphological features,[5] can reach about the same length and almost as much, 18.5 cm (7.3 in), in wingspan.[8]
References
- ^ "Catalogue of Life - 2012 Annual Checklist :: Species details". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ Gray, John Edward; Walker, Francis (1868). Catalogue of the specimens of Blattariæ in the collection of the British Museum. p. 8. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.8495.
- ^ "Megaloblatta longipennis (MEGBLO)". EPPO Global Database. Secretariat of the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO). Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ Vidlička, L. (2013). "Cockroaches (Blattaria) of Ecuador—checklist and history of research". Zootaxa. 3599 (5): 401–445. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3599.5.1. PMID 24613997.
- ^ a b Salazar-E, J.A.; Maláver, J.C.R. (2012). "Relación e ilustración de algunas especies de Nyctiborinae de Colombia y Costa Rica (Insecta, Blattodea, Ectobiidae)" [Description and illustration of some species of Nyctiborinae from Colombia and Costa Rica (Insecta, Blattodea, Ectobiidae)]. Bol. Cient. Mus. Hist. Nat. Univ. Caldas (in Spanish). 16 (2). ISSN 0123-3068.
- ^ Iturralde, D. (2023). "Diversidad y distribucíon de cucarachas (Insecta: Blattodea: Blattaria) en la República de Panamá" [Diversity and distribution of cockroaches (Insecta: Blattodea: Blattaria) in the Republic of Panama] (PDF) (in Spanish). University of Panama.
- ^ "Largest cockroach". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ Bell, W.J.; Roth, L.M.; Nalepa, C.A.; Wilson, E.O. (2007). Cockroaches: Ecology, Behavior, and Natural History. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-8018-8616-4.
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