Ectobius sylvestris

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Ectobius sylvestris
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Ectobiidae
Genus: Ectobius
Species:
E. sylvestris
Binomial name
Ectobius sylvestris
(Poda, 1761)

Ectobius sylvestris, known generally as the forest cockroach or lesser cockroach, is a species of cockroach in the family Ectobiidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China), North America, and temperate Asia. [1] [2] [3]

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Forest cockroach, Ectobius sylvestris Ectobius.sylvestris.female.jpg
Forest cockroach, Ectobius sylvestris
Forest cockroach, Ectobius sylvestris Ectobius.sylvestris.male.1.jpg
Forest cockroach, Ectobius sylvestris

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Ectobius sylvestris:

References

  1. "Ectobius sylvestris Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Ectobius sylvestris". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. Beccaloni, G.W. (2019). "Cockroach species file online, Version 5.0" . Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading