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Genus Ischnoptera

Ischnoptera deropeltiformis - male Ischnoptera deropeltiformis? From Granville County, NC 2 - Ischnoptera deropeltiformis - female Ischnoptera deropeltiformis Orange-legged black beetle - Ischnoptera deropeltiformis Black Cockroach - Ischnoptera deropeltiformis Blattodea - Ischnoptera deropeltiformis - male Blattodea - Ischnoptera deropeltiformis - female black Cockroach with bright red legs - 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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