Brown cockroach
| Brown cockroach | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Blattidae |
| Genus: | Periplaneta |
| Species: | P. brunnea |
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Periplaneta brunnea Burmeister, 1838 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Periplaneta concolor |
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Periplaneta concolor
Periplaneta ignota
Periplaneta patens
Periplaneta truncata
The brown cockroach (Periplaneta brunnea) is a species of cockroach in the family Blattidae. It is probably originally native to Africa, but today it has a circumtropical distribution, having been widely introduced. In cooler climates it can only survive indoors, and it is considered a household pest.
This cockroach is similar in appearance to the American cockroach (P. americana), but darker in color and with thicker, wider, triangular cerci. It is a reddish-brown color and has fully developed wings. It reaches up to 4 centimeters in length.
It produces an ootheca about 1.2 to 1.6 centimeters long containing about 24 eggs on average.
It is an omnivore.
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