Polyzosteria limbata

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Botany Bay cockroach
Cockroach 8 cm long Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park.jpg
giant cockroach Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Blattidae
Genus: Polyzosteria
Species:
P. limbata
Binomial name
Polyzosteria limbata
Burmeister, 1838

Polyzosteria limbata, the Botany Bay cockroach is an insect found in south eastern Australia. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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