Arthropods
🪳American cockroach
Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758)
ワモンゴキブリ（輪紋蜚蠊、学名：Periplaneta americana）は、ゴキブリ目ゴキブリ科に属する昆虫の一種である。
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Also called
Periplaneta americana, american cockroach, ship cockroach
Conservation status
Not evaluated
The IUCN Red List has not assessed Periplaneta americana yet.
Key measurements
- Body mass
- not recorded
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- not recorded
Facts and figures
Everything we know about the American cockroach
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Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumArthropoda
- ›classInsecta
- ›orderBlattodea
- ›familyBlattidae
- ›genusPeriplaneta
- ›speciesPeriplaneta americana
Full lineage
- classInsects · Insecta
- subclassPterygota
- genusDictyoptera
- orderBlattodea
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsects · Insecta
- subclassPterygota
- genusDictyoptera
- orderBlattodea
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In other languages
šváb americký (cs), amerikantorakka (fi), 이질바퀴 (ko), amerikansk kakerlakk (nb), Amerikaanse kakkerlak (nl), barata-americana (pt) … and 20 more languages
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