Biology:Nocticola gerlachi
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Short description: Species of cockroach
Nocticola gerlachi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Blattodea |
Family: | Nocticolidae |
Genus: | Nocticola |
Species: | N. gerlachi
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Binomial name | |
Nocticola gerlachi Roth, 2003
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Nocticola gerlachi, or Gerlach's cockroach, is a species of cockroach in the family Nocticolidae. Nocticola gerlachi are found in the Seychelles, an archipelago off the African Coast.[1][2] The cockroach is brown in color with "whitish" legs. The species is named after Justin Gerlach, who discovered them.[2] Only male specimens have been collected. Females are unknown.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gerlach, J. (2012). "Nocticola gerlachi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T199508A2595807. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T199508A2595807.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199508/2595807. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Roth, Louis M. (2003). "Some cockroaches from Africa and islands of the Indian Ocean, with descriptions of three new species (Blattaria)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society 129 (1): 163–182. ISSN 0002-8320.
Wikidata ☰ Q10601607 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocticola gerlachi.
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