Genus Ischnoptera

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Print References · Works Cited

Orange-legged black beetle - Ischnoptera deropeltiformis

roach_ground1 - Ischnoptera deropeltiformis

Dark Wood Cockroach - Ischnoptera deropeltiformis

Dark Wood Cockroach - Ischnoptera deropeltiformis - Ischnoptera deropeltiformis

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 Ischnoptera

Explanation of Names

Ischnoptera Burmeister 1838

'narrow-winged'

Numbers

3 spp. (incl. one adventive) in our area, almost 100 spp. total(1)

Range

Neotropical group ranging into the US (Roth 2002):

I. bilunata GA-FL-AL

I. deropeltiformis DC-OH-KS to SC-LA-TX

I. rufa Fort Lauderdale, FL (adventive; initially recorded as I. nox)

Print References

Roth L.M. (2002) The cockroach genus Ischnoptera Burmeister. Part II. Species from the United States (Blattellidae: Blattellinae). Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 128: 345-360.

Works Cited

1.	Beccaloni G.W. (2007‒2023) Cockroach species file

Contributed by John Carlson on 9 November, 2009 - 10:34pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 13 February, 2019 - 7:26pm

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