Periplaneta americana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Blattoidae
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Supercohort: Polyneoptera Cohort: Dictyoptera Ordo: Blattodea Superfamilia: Blattoidea Epifamilia: Blattoidae

Familia: Blattidae
Subfamilia: Blattinae
Genus: Periplaneta
Species: Periplaneta americana

Name

Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonymy

Blatta americana Linnaeus, 1758
Blatta ferrugineofusca Gronovius, 1764
Blatta kakkerlac De Geer, 1773
Blatta orientalis Sulzer, 1776
Blatta aurelianensis Fourcroy, 1785
Blatta siccifolia Stoll, 1813
Blatta heros Eschscholtz, 1822
Blatta domicola Risso, 1826
Periplaneta stolida Walker, 1868
Periplaneta americana colorata Rehn, 1902

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 424. Reference page.

Additional references

Bell, W.J., Adiyodi, K.G. 1981: The American Cockroach. Chapman and Hall, London.
Bell, W.J. 2007: Cockroaches. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press.

Links

Periplaneta americana in the Blattodea Species File database, accessed on 10/10/2013.
Periplaneta americana Taxon details on Fauna Europaea
ZooBank: 95113A55-4C6D-4DC7-A0E5-620BACADFFE5

Vernacular names

ak: Teferé
العربية: صرصار أمريكي
нохчийн: Periplaneta americana
Deutsch: Amerikanische Großschabe
English: American cockroach
français: Blatte américaine
עברית: תיקן אמריקני
magyar: Amerikai csótány
ქართული: ამერიკული ტარაკანი
한국어: 이질바퀴
Nederlands: Amerikaanse kakkerlak
polski: Przybyszka amerykańska
português: Barata-americana
русский: Таракан американский
slovenščina: Ameriški ščurek
svenska: Amerikansk kackerlacka
தமிழ்: கரப்பான் பூச்சி
Tiếng Việt: Gián Mỹ
中文: 美洲蟑螂