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Cockroach Species File
genus

† Cretaperiplaneta Qiu, Che & Wang, 2020

Type

type species by original designation of

Nomenclature (1)

  • † Cretaperiplaneta Qiu, Che & Wang, 2020 in Qiu, Liu, Wang & Che, 2020: 2. (fossil)

    type species by original designation † Cretaperiplaneta kaonashi Qiu, Che & Wang, 2020

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Qiu, L., Liu, Y., Wang, Z.-Q. & Che, Y.-L. (2020) The first blattid cockroach (Dictyoptera: Blattodea) in Cretaceous amber and the reconsideration of purported Blattidae. Cretaceous Research, 109(104359), 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104359

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

The genus name is composed of the prefix Creta-derived from the Cretaceous and the name of the extant genus Periplaneta. Cretaperiplaneta has a very superficial resemblance to Periplaneta.