Eushelfordia

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Eushelfordia
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Eushelfordia pica
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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]

Taxonomy

Eushelfordia contains the following species: [2]

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References

  1. Hebard, M. (1924). "Studies in the Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Ecuador". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 76: 109–248. JSTOR   4063922.
  2. 1 2 "Genus Eushelfordia Hebard, 1925". Cockroach Species File. Retrieved 26 June 2023.