Cryptocercus punctulatus
Appearance
Cryptocercus punctulatus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Blattodea |
Family: | Cryptocercidae |
Genus: | Cryptocercus |
Species: | C. punctulatus
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Binomial name | |
Cryptocercus punctulatus Scudder, 1862
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Cryptocercus punctulatus, known generally as brown-hooded cockroach, is a species of cockroach in the family Cryptocercidae. Other common names include the woodroach, wingless wood roach, and eastern wood-eating cockroach. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]
References
- ^ "Cryptocercus punctulatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Cryptocercus punctulatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.W. (2019). "Cockroach species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
Further reading
- Nalepa, Christine A.; Byers, G. W.; Bandi, C.; Sironi, M. (1997). "Description of Cryptocercus clevelandi (Dictyoptera: Cryptocercidae) from the northwestern United States, molecular analysis of bacterial symbionts in its fat body, and notes on biology, distribution, and biogeography". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 90 (4): 416–424. doi:10.1093/aesa/90.4.416.