Ectobius sylvestris

Species of cockroach

Ectobius sylvestris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Ectobiidae
Genus: Ectobius
Species:
E. sylvestris
Binomial name
Ectobius sylvestris
(Poda, 1761)

Ectobius sylvestris, known generally as the forest cockroach or lesser cockroach, is a species of cockroach in the family Ectobiidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China), North America, and temperate Asia.[1][2][3]

Forest cockroach, Ectobius sylvestris
Forest cockroach, Ectobius sylvestris

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Ectobius sylvestris:

  • Ectobius sylvestris discrepans Adelung, 1917
  • Ectobius sylvestris sylvestris (Poda, 1761)

References

  1. ^ "Ectobius sylvestris Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Ectobius sylvestris". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ Beccaloni, G.W. (2019). "Cockroach species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

  • Princis, K. (1971). Beier, M. (ed.). "Blattariae: Subordo Epilamproidea Fam.: Ectobiidae". Orthopterorum Catalogus. pt. 14. Uitgeverij Dr. W. Junk N. V.: 1039–1224.
  • Media related to Ectobius sylvestris at Wikimedia Commons
Taxon identifiers
Ectobius sylvestris
  • Wikidata: Q6111506
  • Wikispecies: Ectobius sylvestris
  • BioLib: 394
  • BugGuide: 161813
  • Cockroach Species File (old): 1176140
  • EoL: 1073927
  • EPPO: ECTBSI
  • EUNIS: 101698
  • Fauna Europaea: 402252
  • Fauna Europaea (new): be4f5287-d1c6-48e8-aa40-9e43fbf670ec
  • GBIF: 1998169
  • iNaturalist: 472320
  • IRMNG: 11307643
  • ITIS: 666703
  • NCBI: 1080973
  • Observation.org: 9384


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