Blatta
Blatta orientalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Blattidae
Subfamily: Blattinae
Genus: Blatta
Linnaeus, 1758[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Kakerlac Latreille, 1825
  • Steleopyga Fischer, 1833
  • Stylopyga Fischer, 1846

Blatta is a genus of cockroaches. The name Blatta represents a specialised use of Latin blatta, meaning a light-shunning insect.[2]

Species

Species include:

References

  1. ↑ "Blatta". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "blatta". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
  3. ↑ Beccaloni, GW (2007). "genus Blatta Linnaeus, 1758". Blattodea Species File Online. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
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