A: Female B: Male C: Side view of female D: Young male
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Blattodea
Family:
Blattidae
Genus:
Blatta
Species:
B. orientalis
Binomial name
Blatta orientalis
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Blatta lucifuga Poda, 1761
Blatta secunda Schaeffer, 1769
Blatta tertia Schaeffer, 1769
Blatta culinaris De Geer, 1773
Blatta ferruginea Thunberg, 1810
Blatta europaea Bartsch, 1846 (Nom. Nud.)
Kakerlac castanea Blanchard, 1851
Blatta hemialata Gistel, 1856
Pulex imperator Westwood, 1858 (Nom. Nud.)
Blatta badia Saussure, 1863
Kakerlac pallipes Philippi, 1863
Kakerlac platystetho Philippi, 1863
Stylopyga orientalis spontanea Semenov-Tian-Shansky, 1909
Stylopyga orientalis gracilis Adelung, 1910
The oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis), also known as the waterbug (as they live in damp areas) or black cockroaches (as their bodies are mostly dark),[1] is a large species of cockroach, adult males being 18–29 mm (0.71–1.14 in) and adult females being 20–27 mm (0.79–1.06 in).[2] It is dark brown or black in color and has a glossy body. The female has a somewhat different appearance from the male, appearing to be wingless at a casual glance, but is brachypterous, having non-functional wings just below her head. She has a wider body than the male. The male has long wings, which cover three quarters of the abdomen[1][3][4] and are brown in color, and has a narrower body. Both of them are flightless. The female oriental cockroach looks somewhat similar to the Florida woods cockroach and may be mistaken for it. Originally endemic to the Crimean Peninsula and the region around the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea,[2] its distribution is now cosmopolitan.[5]
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^ abRobinson, William H. (14 April 2005). Urban Insects and Arachnids: A Handbook of Urban Entomology. Cambridge University Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-521-81253-5.
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^Arnett Jr., Ross H. (28 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (Second ed.). CRC Press. p. 195. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
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