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Ectobius
Ectobius pallidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Ectobiidae
Subfamily: Ectobiinae
Genus: Ectobius
Stephens, 1835
Species

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Ectobius is a genus of non-cosmopolitan cockroaches native to Old World described by Stephens in 1835, belonging to the family Ectobiidae, subfamily Ectobiinae.

Ectobius species – Nymph

Species of this genus are mainly present in most of Europe, in eastern Palearctic ecozone and in the Near East.

The adult 'cockroaches' reach 6–12 millimetres (0.24–0.47 in) of length, the basic coloration of their body is mostly brown or yellowish, with a clearer margin.

The females are usually bigger than the males and have shorter wings, while in the males wings cover at least the whole abdomen.

Some members of the genus occurred in North America until an estimated 49 million years ago, but the genus was absent from the continent until recent reintroductions of some cool-adapted species in eastern Canada and the eastern United States.[1]

List of species

Gallery

  • Ectobius lapponicus
    Ectobius lapponicus
  • Ectobius pallidus
    Ectobius pallidus
  • Ectobius sylvestris
    Ectobius sylvestris
  • Ectobius vittiventris
    Ectobius vittiventris

References

  1. ^ Vršanský, P.; Oružinský, R.; Barna, P.; Vidlička, L'.; Labandeira, C. C. (2014). "Native Ectobius (Blattaria: Ectobiidae) From the Early Eocene Green River Formation of Colorado and Its Reintroduction to North America 49 Million Years Later". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 107 (1): 28–36. doi:10.1603/AN13042. ISSN 0013-8746.
  • Bohn, H. 1989: Revision of the sylvestris group of Ectobius Stephens in Europe (Blattaria: Blattellidae). Entomologica Scandinavica, 20: 317–342
  • Stephens, 1835 : Illustrations of British Entomology. Mandibulata. Baldwin & Cradock, London, vol. VII, p. 1–306.

External links

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