Temnopteryx (cockroach)

Temnopteryx
Temnopteryx phalerata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Ectobiidae
Genus: Temnopteryx
Species

Temnopteryx phalerata
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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

  1. ↑ 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.


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