Periplaneta aboriginea

The aboriginal cockroach (Periplaneta aboriginea) is a species of cockroach belonging to the family Blattidae. Unlike the related (and misnamed) Australian cockroach, this is an Australian native endemic, only recorded from the northern part of the Great Dividing Range in Queensland, as far north as the Cape York Peninsula.

Periplaneta aboriginea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Blattodea
Family:
Blattidae
Genus:
Periplaneta
Species:
P. aboriginea
Binomial name
Periplaneta aboriginea
Roth, 1994

This species, which is capable of flight, is usually found underneath tree bark.

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