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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; Eurycotis lixa. Rehn, 1930. Eurycotis lixa, the hustler cockroach, is a species of cockroach in the family Blattidae.
Such a name is called a binomial name (often shortened to just "binomial"), a binomen, binominal name, or a scientific name; more informally, it is also called a Latin name. In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN), the system is also called binominal nomenclature , [ 1 ] with an "n" before the "al" in "binominal", which is ...
Ahead, entomologists explain why you don't really need to worry about cockroach bites—but rather how they can make you sick if you have an infestation. Ahead, entomologists explain why you don't ...
Therea olegrandjeani sometimes known as the question-mark cockroach for their conspicuous markings is a species of cockroach found in India. The species was described based on a specimen collected from Gooty and the species is known from the Telangana and Andhra Pradesh regions.
The conspicuously marked Therea cockroaches are popular as pets and easy to keep. The most commonly kept species has often been identified as T. petiveriana , but in 2009 it was instead suggested that the captive population actually belongs to a separate species, T. bernhardti , that differs primarily in the hindwings (which usually are hidden ...
The Madagascar hissing cockroach is the only member of their group of cockroaches that can make audible sounds. Compared to crickets, this exact mode of sound production is atypical, as most insects that make noises do so by rubbing together various body parts (" stridulation "), such as the hind legs.
Binomial name; Blaberus craniifer. Burmeister, 1838. The death's head cockroach (Blaberus craniifer) is a species of cockroach belonging to the family Blaberidae.