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Cinereous Cockroach

Nauphoeta cinerea

Classification

Class
Insecta

Nauphoeta cinerea, the speckled cockroach, lobster cockroach, or (small) cinereous cockroach, is a species of cockroach in the family Blaberidae. It is the sole species in the genus Nauphoeta. Taxonomy This species was originally described by French entomologist Guillaume-Antoine Olivier in 1789 as Blatta cinerea.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Mexico · 5United States of America · 5Brazil · 3United Kingdom · 2