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Cryptocercus punctulatus Scudder, 1862

woodroach; woodeating cockroach; brown wingless cockroach

Cryptocercus punctulatus Scudder, 1862: Copyright Orin McMonigle. Cryptocercus punctulatus? Captive reared. Parents from Virginia, USA. (Otu).
Cryptocercus punctulatus Scudder, 1862: Copyright Orin McMonigle. Cryptocercus punctulatus? Captive reared. Parents from Virginia, USA. (Otu).
Cryptocercus punctulatus Scudder, 1862: Photo taken by Heidi Hopkins. (Otu).
Cryptocercus punctulatus Scudder, 1862: Photo taken by Heidi Hopkins. (Otu).
Cryptocercus punctulatus Scudder, 1862: Photo taken by Heidi Hopkins. (Otu).

Nomenclature (3)

  • Cryptocercus punctulatus Scudder, 1862: 420.
  • Cryptocercus punctulatus Scudder, 1862 in Princis, 1965: 332.
  • Cryptocercus punctulatus Scudder, 1862 in Yaguchi, Kobayashi, Maekawa & Nalepa, 2021 Behavior; Life History

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Princis, K. (1965) Blattariae: Subordo Blaberoidea: Fam.: Oxyhaloidae, Panesthiidae, Cryptocercidae, Chorisoneuridae, Oulopterygidae, Diplopteridae, Anaplectidae, Archiblattidae, Nothoblattidae. In Beier (Ed.). Orthopterorum Catalogus. W. Junk, s'Gravenhage. Issue 7, pp. 284–400.
  • Scudder, S.H. (1862) Materials for a monograph of the North American Orthoptera including a catalogue of the known New England species. Boston Journal of Natural History, 7(3), 409–480. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/materialsformono00scudrich
  • Yaguchi, H., Kobayashi, I., Maekawa, K. & Nalepa, C.A. (2021) Extra-pair paternity in the wood-feeding cockroach Cryptocercus punctulatus Scudder: Social but not genetic monogamy. 30(24), 6743–6758.

Descendants and synonyms

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Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: dotted, punctured.