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Insecta BLATTARIA KEY (Contact) Please CLICK on picture and
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Matter use Ctrl/F [Also See: <Orthoptera
Details>] There are five common cockroach
species, which have been considered more or less domesticated. These are Blatta orientalis L. (oriental cockroach), Periplaneta americana L. (American cockroach), Periplaneta australasiae Fab.
(Australian cockroach), Blatella germanica (German cockroach) and Supella supellectilium Serv.
(brown-banded cockroach). [Also see: Order Blattaria in Orthoptera Details]. The following key should
facilitate separation of these species: |
Key References: <medvet.ref.htm> <Hexapoda> Laing,
F. 1938. The cockroach. Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Econ. Ser. 12.
Matheson, R. 1950.
Medical Entomology. Comstock
Publ. Co, Inc. 610 p. Service, M. 2008. Medical
Entomology For Students. Cambridge
Univ. Press. 289 p Legner, E. F. 1995. Biological control of Diptera of medical
and veterinary importance. J. Vector
Ecology 20(1): 59-120. Legner,
E. F.. 2000. Biological control of aquatic
Diptera. p. 847-870. Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic
Diptera, Vol.
1, Science Herald, Budapest. 978 p. |