Biology:Eupolyphaga sinensis

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Short description: Species of cockroach

Eupolyphaga sinensis
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Dried individuals
Scientific classification
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Eupolyphaga
Species:
E. sinensis
Binomial name
Eupolyphaga sinensis
(Walker, 1868)
Synonyms [1]
  • Heterogamia dohrniana Saussure, 1893
  • Eupolyphaga dohrniana (Saussure, 1893)
  • Polyphaga sinensis (Walker, 1868)

Eupolyphaga sinensis (Chinese: 土鳖虫), is a species of wingless, flightless cockroach in the genus Eupolyphaga, native to Western China and Mongolia. The dried body is used in traditional Chinese medicine.[2] They are collected, scalded to death by boiling water, and dried either in the sun or by baking. [3]

References

  1. George Beccaloni. "species Eupolyphaga sinensis (Walker, 1868)". Blattodea Species File (Version 1.0/4.1). http://blattodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=4376. Retrieved November 28, 2012. 
  2. Gang-feng Ge; Chen-huan Yu; Bing Yu; Zhen-hua Shen; Dong-liang Zhang; Qiao-feng Wu (2012). "Antitumor effects and chemical compositions of Eupolyphaga sinensis Walker ethanol extract". Journal of Ethnopharmacology 141 (1): 178–182. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2012.02.016. PMID 22366674. 
  3. Bai, Ling; He, Liu; Yu, Penghao; Luo, Jiaoyang; Yang, Meihua; A, Xiangren; Wei, Xiaoxing (2020). "Molecular Characterization of Mycobiota and Aspergillus Species from Eupolyphaga sinensis Walker Based on High-Throughput Sequencing of ITS1 and CaM". Journal of Food Quality 2020: 1–7. doi:10.1155/2020/1752415. 

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