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[6] [7] The name "cockroach" comes from the Spanish word for cockroach, cucaracha, transformed by 1620s English folk etymology into "cock" and "roach". [8] The scientific name derives from the Latin blatta, "an insect that shuns the light", which in classical Latin was applied not only to cockroaches, but also to mantids. [9] [10]
Binomial name; Neostylopyga rhombifolia (Stoll, 1813) Neostylopyga rhombifolia, the harlequin roach, is a species of cockroach in the family Blattidae.
Binomial name; Ischnoptera bilunata. ... Ischnoptera bilunata, is a species of cockroach in the family Ectobiidae. It is found in North America and South America. [1 ...
Binomial name; Therea petiveriana (Linnaeus, 1758) [1] Synonyms [2] ... or Indian domino cockroach, is a species of crepuscular cockroach found in southern India.
Binomial name; Blaberus craniifer. Burmeister, 1838. The death's head cockroach (Blaberus craniifer) is a species of cockroach belonging to the family Blaberidae.
Binomial name; Ectobius lapponicus (Linnaeus, 1758) Ectobius lapponicus, also known as the dusky cockroach, is a species of cockroach found in Europe, ...
Binomial name; Arenivaga investigata. Friauf and Edney, 1969. Arenivaga investigata, also known as the desert cockroach, is a member of the cockroach family Corydiidae.
Binomial name; Eurycotis lixa. Rehn, 1930. Eurycotis lixa, the hustler cockroach, is a species of cockroach in the family Blattidae.