Arthropods
🪳American cockroach
Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758)
이질바퀴는 한국에 서식하는 바퀴벌레 중 가장 큰 종이다. 미국바퀴(영어: American cockroach)라고도 한다. 대형종으로 몸 길이는 4cm 정도 된다. 앞가슴등판은 황색이고 짙은 흑색 무늬가 있다. 전 세계에 널리 분포한다. 대표적인 위생 해충이다.
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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
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- Bite force
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- Maximum lifespan
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- 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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šváb americký (cs), amerikantorakka (fi), 이질바퀴 (ko), amerikansk kakerlakk (nb), Amerikaanse kakkerlak (nl), barata-americana (pt) … and 20 more languages
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