Plectoptera picta

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Plectoptera picta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Ectobiidae
Genus: Plectoptera
Species:
P. picta
Binomial name
Plectoptera picta
Saussure & Zehntner, 1893

Plectoptera picta, the pictured beetle cockroach, is a species of cockroach in the family Ectobiidae. [1] [2] It is found in Central America and North America. [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Plectoptera picta Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 1 February 2018.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. 1 2 "Plectoptera picta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 February 2018.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. "Catalog and atlas of the cockroaches (Dictyoptera) of North America north of Mexico", Atkinson T.H., Koehler P.G., Patterson R.S. 1991. Misc. Publ. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 78: 1-86.

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