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Periplaneta
Sign in to savePeriplaneta is a genus of cockroaches containing some of the well-known pest species with cosmopolitan distributions, such as: Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758) – American cockroach Periplaneta lateralis - the Turkestan cockroach
Species
American Cockroach
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderBlattodea
- FamilyBlattidae
Periplaneta es un género de insectos blatodeos de la familia Blattidae (cucarachas); incluye especies domésticas muy comunes, como Periplaneta americana. Especies Periplaneta aboriginea Roth, 1994 Periplaneta affinis Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758) Periplaneta atemeleta Periplaneta atrata Periplaneta atricollis Periplaneta australasiae Fabricius, 1775 Periplaneta australis Periplaneta banksi Periplaneta basedowi Periplaneta benzoni Periplaneta bicolor Periplaneta blattoides Periplaneta brunnea Burmeister, 1838 Periplaneta capeneri Periplaneta caudata Periplaneta ceylonica Periplaneta constricta Periplaneta cylindrica Periplaneta diamesa Periplaneta ebneri Periplaneta elegans Periplaneta ferreirae Periplaneta fictor Periplaneta floweri Periplaneta formosana Periplaneta fuliginosa (Serville, 1839) Periplaneta fulva Periplaneta indica Periplaneta japanna Asahina, 1969 Periplaneta japonica Karny, 1908 Periplaneta lata Periplaneta lebedinskii Periplaneta liui Periplaneta malaica Periplaneta media Periplaneta methanoides Periplaneta nigra Periplaneta nitida Periplaneta panfilovi Periplaneta quadrinotata Periplaneta regina Periplaneta robusta Periplaneta savignyi Periplaneta semeno
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 238
- With media
- 34
- Family
- Blattidae
- Collections
- MHNCA, INHS, VPI, NHMUK, CHAS, TAMU
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
Research
2,563 papers- Periplaneta americana (Insecta: Blattodea) and organ fibrosis: A mini review.Medicine · 2022
- Periplaneta americana extract promotes hard palate mucosal wound healing via the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway in male mice.Archives of oral biology · 2024
- Bioinformatic analysis and antiviral effect of Periplaneta americana defensins.Virus research · 2022
- Chitosan electrospun nanofibers derived from Periplaneta americana residue for promoting infected wound healing.International journal of biological macromolecules · 2023
- Elucidating the detoxification efficacy of Periplaneta americana delta glutathione S-transferase 1 (PaGSTd1) against organophosphates.Pesticide biochemistry and physiology · 2024
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- American-cockroach.jpg
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- taxon common name
- barata-vermelha
- taxon author citation
- Burmeister, 1838
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Periplaneta is a genus of cockroaches containing some of the well-known pest species with cosmopolitan distributions, such as: Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758) – American cockroach Periplaneta lateralis - the Turkestan cockroach
==Species== The Cockroach Species File lists: Periplaneta aboriginea Periplaneta affinis Periplaneta americana - type species (as Blatta americana ) Periplaneta arabica Periplaneta arisanica Periplaneta atemeleta Periplaneta atrata Periplaneta atricollis Periplaneta australis Periplaneta banksi Periplaneta basedowi Periplaneta benzoni Periplaneta bicolor Periplaneta blattoides Periplaneta capeneri Periplaneta caudata Periplaneta cylindrica Periplaneta diamesa Periplaneta ebneri Periplaneta ferreirae Periplaneta fictor Periplaneta floweri Periplaneta formosana Periplaneta indica Periplaneta japanna Periplaneta lateralis Periplaneta lebedinskii Periplaneta liui Periplaneta malaica Periplaneta media Periplaneta methanoides Periplaneta monochroma Periplaneta nigra Periplaneta nitida Periplaneta quadrinotata Periplaneta robusta Periplaneta savignyi Periplaneta semenovi Periplaneta spinosostylata Periplaneta stygia Periplaneta sublobata Periplaneta suzukii Periplaneta valida Periplaneta vosseleri
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