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    Species Accepted

    Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758)

    American cockroach
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Periplaneta

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 2 countries or islands

      2 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      Saint BarthélemyNo
      SingaporeNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      54 results
      'Elelū Hawaiian
      American cockroach English
      American or ship cockroach English
      Amerikaanse kakkerlak Dutch
      Amerikan Hamam Böceği Turkish
      Amerikanische Großschabe German
      Amerikanische Schabe German
      Amerikansk kakerlak Danish
      Amerikinis tarakonas Lithuanian
      Američki žohar Croatian

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      5 results
      Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
      Linnaeus, v.C. (1758) Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, 10 ed., vol. 1.
      Burmeister, C.H. (1838) Handbuch der Entomologie, vol. 2(2, Hälfte 1).
      Walker, F. (1868) Catalogue of the specimens of Blattariae in the collection of the British Museum. Printed for the Trustees of the British Museum, London, 239 pp.
      Rasplus J-Y, Roques A (2010) Dictyoptera (Blattodea, Isoptera), Orthoptera, Phasmatodea and Dermaptera. Chapter 13.3. In: Roques A et al. (Eds) Alien terrestrial arthropods of Europe. BioRisk 4(2): 807–831.

      Citation

      Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758) in undefined