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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Cockroaches and Termites (Blattodea) » Blaberoidea » Ectobiidae » Blattellinae » Blattella » Asian Cockroach (Blattella asahinai)

Species Blattella asahinai - Asian Cockroach

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
Cockroach Nymph - Blattella asahinai Field Cockroach at TX mini-gathering - Blattella asahinai - female Face - Blattella asahinai ? - Blattella asahinai German Cockroach? - Blattella asahinai B. vaga? - Blattella asahinai - female B. vaga nymph? - Blattella asahinai Blattella asahinai
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Blattodea (Cockroaches and Termites)
Superfamily Blaberoidea
Family Ectobiidae
Subfamily Blattellinae
Genus Blattella
Species asahinai (Asian Cockroach)
Explanation of Names
Blattella asahinai Mizukubo 1981
Identification
see Choate et al., p.7
Range
native to E. & S. Asia, adventive in NA (so. US)(1)
Habitat
Leaf litter
Works Cited
1.Beccaloni G.W. (2007-) Cockroach species file online. Version 5.0
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 6 October, 2005 - 2:28pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, v belov
Last updated 3 March, 2016 - 10:17pm

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