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Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnaeus. 1758. Systema naturae 1, ed. 10, Holmiae

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Blattodea
family
Blattidae
genus
Periplaneta
species
Periplaneta americana

Name

Synonyms
Blatta americana Linnaeus, 1758
Blatta aurelianensis Fourcroy, 1785
Blatta domicola Risso, 1826
Blatta ferrugineofusca Gronovius, 1764
Blatta heros Eschscholtz, 1822
Blatta kakkerlac De Geer, 1773
Blatta orientalis Sulzer, 1776
Blatta siccifolia Stoll, 1813
Periplaneta americana colorata J.A.G.Rehn, 1902
Periplaneta stolida Walker, 1868
Homonyms
Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
'Elelū in language.
American Cockroach in English
American Cockroach in English
American Cockroach, Ship Cockroach in English
American Or Ship Cockroach in English
American cockroach in English
American cockroach in English
American cockroach in English
American cockroach in English
American cockroach in English
American cockroach in English
American cockroach in English
American or ship cockroach in English
American or ship cockroach in English
Amerikaanse kakkerlak in Dutch
Amerikan Hamam Böceği in Turkish
Amerikanische Großschabe in German
Amerikanische Großschabe in German
Amerikanische Schabe in German
Amerikanische Schabe in German
Amerikanische Schabe in German
Amerikansk kakerlak in Danish
Amerikansk kakerlak in Danish
Amerikinis tarakonas in Lithuanian
Američki žohar in Croatian
B-52 Cockroach in English
B52 in English
Barata-Americana in Portuguese
Blatta americana in Italian
Bombay Canary in English
Bombay canary in English
Cascuda americana in Galician
Common Cockroach in English
Cuca-molla Americana in Catalan–Valencian
Cucaracha americana in Spanish
Cucaracha roja africana in Spanish
Cucarachón in Spanish
Gián Mỹ in Vietnamese
Grote kakkerlak in Dutch
Karaczan amerykański in Polish
Karaluch amerykański in Polish
Kecoak Amerika in Indonesian
Lephela in Tswana
Periplaneta americana in Chechen
Przybyszka amerykańska in Polish
Ship Cockroach in English
Ship Cockroach in English
Teferé in Akan
american cockroach, ship cockroach in English
amerikai csótány in Hungarian

Bibliographic References

  1. Atkinson, Thomas H., Philip G. Koehler, and Richard S. Patterson, 1991: Catalog and Atlas of the Cockroaches of North America North of Mexico. Miscellaneous Publications of the Entomological Society of America, no. 78. 1-85.
  2. Fauna Europaea (2007) http://www.faunaeur.org
  3. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema naturae 1, ed. 10, Holmiae 424
  4. Nishida, Gordon M., ed., 1992: Hawaiian Terrestrial Arthropod Checklist. Bishop Museum Technical Report, no. MS-092192. viii + 262.
  5. Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds., 1997: Blattodea. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America: vol. 4: Non-Holometabolous Orders. 31-39.
  6. Princis. 1966. In Beier [Ed.]. Blattariae: Suborbo [sic] Blattoidea. Fam.: Blattidae, Nocticolidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus, W. Junk, s'Gravenhage(8):405
  7. University of Alaska Museum (2019e), https://arctos.database.museum/guid/UAM:Ento:237702
  8. Zimmerman (1948a), https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/2641
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