Eushelfordia | |
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Eushelfordia pica | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Blattodea |
Family: | Ectobiidae |
Genus: | Eushelfordia Hebard, 1925 |
Eushelfordia is a genus of cockroaches from the family Ectobiidae. [1] These brightly marked cockroaches are native to forests in the Amazon basin in South America. [2]
Eushelfordia contains the following species: [2]
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Eushelfordia pica is a species of cockroach in the family Ectobiidae. It is native to forests in the western Amazon basin in Ecuador, Peru and Brazil.