Species Parcoblatta divisa - Southern Wood Cockroach

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Print References · Works Cited

Parcoblatta divisa (?) - Parcoblatta divisa - female

Parcoblatta divisa (?) - Parcoblatta divisa - male

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 Parcoblatta (Wood Cockroaches)

Species divisa (Southern Wood Cockroach)

Explanation of Names

Parcoblatta divisa (Saussure & Zehntner 1893)

Size

12.7-17.8 mm

Identification

Males glossy light brown with central portion of the pronotum darker than a lighter border as seen in P. pennsylvanica. Females of both species are dark brown with a lighter boarder around most of the pronutum as seen in the males. The wings of females are a varying length and not functional. The males of both species have specialized ridges on the median segment, with P. pennsylvanica having an additional ridge on the first abdominal segment as well.

Compare P. divisa:

with P. pennsylvanica:

Range

PA-LA; range overlaps significantly with P. pennsylvanica (QC-TX)

Print References

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Works Cited

1.	How to Know the Grasshoppers, Cockroaches, and Their Allies Jacques R. Helfer. 1962. Wm. C. Brown Company.

Contributed by John Carlson on 29 June, 2010 - 12:05pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov
Last updated 8 June, 2017 - 9:37am

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