Cryptocercus punctulatus

Cryptocercus punctulatus, known generally as brown-hooded cockroach, is a species of cockroach in the family Cryptocercidae. Other common names include the woodroach, wingless wood roach, and eastern wood-eating cockroach. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]

Cryptocercus punctulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Cryptocercidae
Genus: Cryptocercus
Species:
C. punctulatus
Binomial name
Cryptocercus punctulatus
Scudder, 1862

References

  1. "Cryptocercus punctulatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Cryptocercus punctulatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. Beccaloni, G.W. (2019). "Cockroach species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

  • Nalepa, Christine A.; Byers, G. W.; Bandi, C.; Sironi, M. (1997). "Description of Cryptocercus clevelandi (Dictyoptera: Cryptocercidae) from the northwestern United States, molecular analysis of bacterial symbionts in its fat body, and notes on biology, distribution, and biogeography". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 90 (4): 416–424. doi:10.1093/aesa/90.4.416.


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