Biology:Blatta
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Short description: Genus of cockroaches
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| Blatta orientalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Blattidae |
| Subfamily: | Blattinae |
| Genus: | Blatta Linnaeus, 1758[1] |
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Blatta is a genus of cockroaches. The name Blatta represents a specialised use of Latin blatta, meaning a light-shunning insect.[2]
Species
Species include:
- Blatta orientalis Linnaeus, 1758 Oriental cockroach
- Blatta furcata (Karny 1908)[3]
References
- ↑ "Blatta". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=102403. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
- ↑ blatta (3rd ed.), Oxford University Press, September 2005, http://oed.com/search?searchType=dictionary&q=blatta (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ Beccaloni, GW (2007). "genus Blatta Linnaeus, 1758". Blattodea Species File Online. http://blattodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=501.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q3079510 entry
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