Biology:Periplaneta japanna
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Blattidae |
| Genus: | Periplaneta |
| Species: | P. japanna
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| Periplaneta japanna Asahina, 1969
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Periplaneta japanna is a subtropical field-dwelling cockroach endemic to southern Japan.[1] The Japanese common name means urushi cockroach, or lacquer tree cockroach.[2]
Nymphs and adults are a dark black, and typically live under stones and pieces of wood.[1] Their ability to bore or live in rotting wood enables their spread via ocean currents.[3]
The species is found on several Japanese islands, distributed continuously from Japan's southwestern Ryukyu Islands chain to the south of Kyushu Island, and on Hachijō-jima Island.[1][4]
Nymph specimens from Hachijō-jima Island and Naha, Okinawa responded to photoperiodic stimuli quite differently during laboratory-induced diapause tests. This “might be regarded as the result of divergent evolution” between the parapatric populations.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Zhu, Dao-Hong; Tanaka, Seiji (2007). "Different photoperiodic responses in two geographic populations of a subtropical cockroach, Periplaneta japanna Asahina" (in ja, en). Acta Ecologica Sinica 27 (9): 3687–3693. http://www.ecologica.cn/stxb/ch/reader/create_pdf.aspx?file_no=1000-0933200709-3687-07. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ↑ Asahina, Shojiro (朝比奈正二郎) (1991) (in ja). p. Table of contents. ISBN 4-521-00281-1. http://rnavi.ndl.go.jp/mokuji_html/000004323050.html. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ↑ Sakai, Masahiro; Ohbayashi, Nobuo; Yoshihara, Kazumi; Aita, Kazuhiro; Okada, Keiji; Yoshimichi, Syun Ichi; Yano, Shinji; Ono, Hiroshi et al. (1998). "The enumeration of insects collected at Uchiumi-mura, Ehime Prefecture, Japan". Memoirs Of The College Of Agriculture Ehime University 42 (2): 169–190. http://eurekamag.com/research/033/803/enumeration-insects-collected-uchiumi-mura-ehime-prefecture-japan.php. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ↑ "Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/details/species/id/7652533.
External links
- Civil International Corporation's blog (in English, translated by Google), with many photos and observations concerning P. japanna. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- Civil International Corporation’s blog (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 December 2013.
Wikidata ☰ Q10623969 entry
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