Biology:Nocticola gerlachi

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Short description: Species of cockroach

Nocticola gerlachi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Nocticolidae
Genus: Nocticola
Species:
N. gerlachi
Binomial name
Nocticola gerlachi
Roth, 2003

Nocticola gerlachi, or Gerlach's cockroach, is a species of cockroach in the family Nocticolidae. Nocticola gerlachi are found in the Seychelles, an archipelago off the African Coast.[1][2] The cockroach is brown in color with "whitish" legs. The species is named after Justin Gerlach, who discovered them.[2] Only male specimens have been collected. Females are unknown.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gerlach, J. (2012). "Nocticola gerlachi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T199508A2595807. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T199508A2595807.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199508/2595807. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Roth, Louis M. (2003). "Some cockroaches from Africa and islands of the Indian Ocean, with descriptions of three new species (Blattaria)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society 129 (1): 163–182. ISSN 0002-8320. 

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