Ectobius panzeri

Ectobius panzeri is a species of non-cosmopolitan cockroach in the family Ectobiidae.[1] This European species is localised in southern Britain, where it may be called the lesser cockroach.[2]

Ectobius panzeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Ectobiidae
Genus: Ectobius
Species:
E. panzeri
Binomial name
Ectobius panzeri
Stephens, 1835
Synonyms

Capraiellus haeckelii (Bolívar, 1876)

Subspecies

The Catalogue of Life lists two subspecies,[1] but recently work[3] suggests that E. panzeri panzeri (e.g. as found in Britain) is a synonym of Capraiellus panzeri (Stephens, 1835).[4]

  • E. panzeri nigripes
  • E. panzeri panzeri

References

  1. 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.
  2. Ragge DR (1965). Grasshoppers, Crickets & Cockroaches of the British Isles. F Warne & Co, London. p. 299.
  3. 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
  4. Cockroach Species File (retrieved 26 January 2018)
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