| Paratropes mexicana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Ectobiidae |
| Genus: | Paratropes |
| Species: | P. mexicana |
| Binomial name | |
| Paratropes mexicana Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 | |
Paratropes mexicana is a species of cockroach within the family Ectobiidae that is distributed in Mexico. [1] [2] States within the Mexico the species is found in include Hidalgo, Veracruz, Tlaxcala, and Chiapas. [2]
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Ectobiidae is a family of the order Blattodea (cockroaches). This family contains many of the smaller common household pest cockroaches, among others. They are sometimes called wood cockroaches. A few notable species include:
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Neostylopyga is a genus of cockroaches described by Robert Walter Campbell Shelford in 1911.
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Ischnoptera is a genus of cockroach in the family Ectobiidae.
Latiblattella is a genus of cockroach in the family Ectobiidae.
Pycnoscelus is a genus of cockroaches in the family Blaberidae. Species in the genus Pycnoscelus are recorded from India, China and SE Asia.
Maoriblatta is a genus of cockroaches belonging to the family Blattidae.
Rhabdoblatta is a genus of cockroaches in the subfamily Epilamprinae. Species have been recorded from Africa, East, Southeast and South Asia.
Balta spuria is a species of cockroach, indigenous to Australia.
Panesthia is a large genus of burrowing giant cockroach in the subfamily Panesthiinae. It is subsocial and its species are mainly found in Southeast Asia, coastal East Asia, Australasia, and Indo-Malaysia.
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Arbiblatta is a genus of cockroaches within the family Ectobiidae. There are currently 9 species assigned to the genus.
Gyna, also called porcelain roaches, are a genus of cockroaches native to Africa.
Latindia is a genus of cockroaches in the family Corydiidae. There are about nine described species in Latindia.
Loboptera is a genus of mostly Palaearctic cockroaches erected by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1865; it appears to be currently placed in the subfamily Blattellinae. The recorded distribution for species includes: mainland Europe, North Africa, Cameroun, the Middle East through to central Asia.
Corydidarum is a genus of Asian cockroaches in the subfamily Perisphaerinae, erected by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1865. The recorded distribution is central Africa, India, China, SE Asia through to New Guinea.
Paranauphoeta is a genus of South East Asian cockroaches in the family Blaberidae and the monotypic subfamily ParanauphoetinaeRehn, 1951, erected by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1865. Species records are from India, China, Indochina, Malesia and New Guinea.