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Species Epilampra maya

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Blattodea (Cockroaches and Termites)

Superfamily Blaberoidea

Family Blaberidae (Ovoviviparous Cockroaches)

Genus Epilampra

Species maya (Epilampra maya)

Explanation of Names

Epilampra maya Rehn 1902

Range

native to Mesoamerica (Mexico to Panama), adventive in FL(1)

Remarks

earliest NA record: FL 1982

Print References

Nickle D.A., Sibson B.W. (1984) Epilampra maya Rehn, a Central American cockroach newly established in the United States (Blattodea; Blaberidae; Epilamprinae). Florida Entomologist 67: 487-489 (Full text)

Works Cited

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

Contributed by v belov on 18 June, 2014 - 12:47pm
Last updated 28 July, 2014 - 2:31am

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