Family Cryptocercidae

Classification · Remarks

Brown-hooded Cockroach - Cryptocercus punctulatus

brown beetle? - Cryptocercus punctulatus

Wood cockroach? - Cryptocercus punctulatus

Reminds me honestly of a large roach - Cryptocercus punctulatus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Blattodea (Cockroaches and Termites)

Family Cryptocercidae

Remarks

Lots of good information on this family in a paper (pdf) from the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2003, 80, 223-233).

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Last updated 27 March, 2004 - 10:26pm

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