Drymaplaneta

Drymaplaneta
Drymaplaneta
Common shining cockroach
(Drymaplaneta communis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Blattidae
Genus: Drymaplaneta
Species

Drymaplaneta communis
Drymaplaneta heydeniana
Drymaplaneta lobipennis
Drymaplaneta semivitta
Drymaplaneta shelfordi
Drymaplaneta submarginata
Drymaplaneta variegata

Drymaplaneta is a genus of cockroaches known from seven species which occur mostly in coastal regions of the southern areas of Australia including Western Australia. They are large, flattened and highly glossy,[1] and found under the bark of trees.[2]

References

  1. ^ Rentz, D.C.F. 1996. Grasshopper Country. The abundant orthopteroid insects of Australia. p56. UNSW Press.
  2. ^ Australian Faunal Directory


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