Capraiellus panzeri

Capraiellus panzeri is a species of non-cosmopolitan cockroach in the subfamily Ectobiinae: commonly known by its original (genus) name Ectobius panzeri.[1][2]

Capraiellus panzeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Ectobiidae
Genus: Capraiellus
Species:
C. panzeri
Binomial name
Capraiellus panzeri
(Stephens, 1835)
Synonyms
  • Blatta arenicola Fischer, 1853
  • Capraiellus haeckelii (Bolívar, 1876)
  • Ectobius ericetorum Wesmaël, 1838
  • Ectobius nigripes Stephens, 1835
  • Ectobius panzeri nigripes Fernandes, 1962

This European species extends into NW Africa[3] and is localised in southern Britain, where it may be called the lesser cockroach.[4] Recent work[5] indicated that Ectobius panzeri panzeri (i.e. as found in Britain) should be placed in the genus Capraiellus and this has now been confirmed.[3]

References
  1. Stephens. 1835) Illustrations of British Entomology; or, a Synopsis of Indigenous Insects: Containing their Generic and Specific Distinctions; with an Account of their Metamorphoses, Times of Appearance, Localities, Food, and Economy, as far as Practicable. 6: 47.
  2. Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  3. Cockroach Species File (retrieved 20 July 2020)
  4. Ragge DR (1965). Grasshoppers, Crickets & Cockroaches of the British Isles. F Warne & Co, London. p. 299.
  5. Bohn (2013) In Bohn, Beccaloni, Dorow & Pfeifer. Another species of European Ectobiinae travelling north – the new genus Planuncus and its relatives (Insecta: Blattodea: Ectobiinae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 71(3): 147
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