Blatta

Blatta is a genus of cockroaches. The name Blatta represents a specialised use of Latin blatta, meaning a light-shunning insect.[2]

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Blatta
Blatta orientalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Blattodea
Family:
Blattidae
Subfamily:
Blattinae
Genus:
Blatta

Species

See text

Species

Species include:

  • Blatta orientalis Linnaeus, 1758 Oriental cockroach
  • Blatta lateralis (Walker, 1868)[1] Turkestan cockroach or red runner
  • Blatta furcata (Karny 1908)[3]

References
  1. "Blatta". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  2. "blatta". Oxford English Dictionary (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. September 2005. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. Beccaloni, GW (2007). "genus Blatta Linnaeus, 1758". Blattodea Species File Online. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  • Media related to Blatta at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Blatta at Wikispecies


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