Temnopteryx (cockroach)
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Temnopteryx phalerata | |
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Genus: | Temnopteryx Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
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Temnopteryx is a genus of cockroaches. The genus includes Temnopteryx phalerata, the Cape Zebra Cockroach, which is endemic to the Fynbos biome of the Western Cape province of South Africa.[1]
References
- ^ Alan Weaving; Griffiths, Charles Llewellyn; Mike Picker (2005). Field Guide To Insects Of Southern Africa (Field Guide Series). Cape Town: Struik Publishers. p. 46. ISBN 1-77007-061-3.