Plectoptera is a genus of American cockroaches in the family Ectobiidae and tribe Plectopterini. There are at least 2 described species in Plectoptera.[1][2][3]

Plectoptera
Plectoptera pulicaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Ectobiidae
Subfamily: Pseudophyllodromiinae
Genus: Plectoptera
Saussure, 1864

Species

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References

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  1. ^ "Plectoptera Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Plectoptera Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Catalog and atlas of the cockroaches (Dictyoptera) of North America north of Mexico", Atkinson T.H., Koehler P.G., Patterson R.S. 1991. Misc. Publ. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 78: 1-86.
  • Gutiérrez, Esteban (1995). "Annotated checklist of Cuban cockroaches". Transactions of the American Entomological Society, vol. 121, 65-84.
  • Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds. (1997). "Blattodea". Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America: vol. 4: Non-Holometabolous Orders, 31-39.

Further reading

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  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.