Ectobius lapponicus

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Ectobius lapponicus
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Ectobiidae
Genus: Ectobius
Species:
E. lapponicus
Binomial name
Ectobius lapponicus
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Ectobius lapponicus is a species in the order Blattodea ("cockroaches and termites"), in the class Insecta ("insects").[1][2] A common name for Ectobius lapponicus is "dusky cockroach".[3]

Distribution[]

The distribution range of Ectobius lapponicus includes Europe, Northern Asia (excluding China), the northeastern United States, and southeastern Canada. Once thought native to Europe recent discoveries[4] indicate the genus originated in North America. The first recorded sightings in North America were in 1984.[2][5][6] [[]] [[]]

Gallery[]

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References[]

  1. ^ bugguide.net Ectobius lapponicus species information.
  2. ^ a b Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
  3. ^ Encyclopedia of Life Ectobius lapponicus species overview.
  4. ^ "After a 49-million-year hiatus, a cockroach reappears in North America". phys.org. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
  5. ^ Catalog and atlas of the cockroaches (Dictyoptera) of North America north of Mexico, Atkinson T.H., Koehler P.G., Patterson R.S. 1991. Misc. Publ. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 78: 1-86.
  6. ^ Clements, Jeff C.; Doucet, Denis A.; McCorquodale, David B. (2013). "Establishment of a European cockroach, Ectobius lapponicus (L.) (Dictyoptera: Blattodea), in the Maritime Provinces of eastern Canada" (PDF). Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society. 9.

Further reading[]

  • American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico, Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
  • Atkinson, Thomas H., Philip G. Koehler, and Richard S. Patterson (1991). Catalog and Atlas of the Cockroaches of North America North of Mexico. Miscellaneous Publications of the Entomological Society of America, no. 78, 1-85.
  • Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds. (1997). Blattodea. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America: vol. 4: Non-Holometabolous Orders, 31-39.
  • Princis, K. / Beier, M., ed. (1971). Blattariae: Subordo Epilamproidea Fam.: Ectobiidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus, pars 14, 1039-1224.

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