Ectobius lapponicus, also known as the dusky cockroach, is a species of cockroach found in Europe, northern Asia (excluding China), the northeastern United States, and southeastern Canada.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Ectobiidae |
| Genus: | Ectobius |
| Species: | E. lapponicus
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| Ectobius lapponicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Distribution
editThe distribution range of Ectobius lapponicus includes Europe, Northern Asia (excluding China), the northeastern United States, and southeastern Canada. Once thought to have emerged in Europe, recent discoveries[1] indicate the genus originated in North America. The first recorded sightings in North America were in 1984.[2][3][4]
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References
edit- ^ "After a 49-million-year hiatus, a cockroach reappears in North America". phys.org. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
- ^ Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
- ^ Catalog and atlas of the cockroaches (Dictyoptera) of North America north of Mexico, Atkinson T.H., Koehler P.G., Patterson R.S. 1991. Misc. Publ. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 78: 1-86.
- ^ Clements, Jeff C.; Doucet, Denis A.; McCorquodale, David B. (2013). "Establishment of a European cockroach, Ectobius lapponicus (L.) (Dictyoptera: Blattodea), in the Maritime Provinces of eastern Canada" (PDF). Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society. 9.
Further reading
edit- American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico, Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
- Atkinson, Thomas H., Philip G. Koehler, and Richard S. Patterson (1991). Catalog and Atlas of the Cockroaches of North America North of Mexico. Miscellaneous Publications of the Entomological Society of America, no. 78, 1-85.
- Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds. (1997). Blattodea. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America: vol. 4: Non-Holometabolous Orders, 31-39.
- Princis, K. / Beier, M., ed. (1971). Blattariae: Subordo Epilamproidea Fam.: Ectobiidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus, pars 14, 1039-1224.
External links
edit- NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Ectobius lapponicus
Media related to Ectobius lapponicus at Wikimedia Commons
