Nauphoeta

Nauphoeta
Adult alate female (left) and male (right), dorsal perspective
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Blaberidae
Subfamily: Oxyhaloinae
Tribe: Nauphoetini
Genus: Nauphoeta
Burmeister, 1838[1]
Species:
N. cinerea
Binomial name
Nauphoeta cinerea
(Olivier, 1789)
Native (NE Africa) and introduced (elsewhere) distribution
Synonyms
  • Blatta cinerea Olivier, 1789
  • Blatta elegans Eschscholtz, 1822
  • Blatta gallica Fabricius, 1793
  • Nauphoeta bivittata Burmeister, 1838
  • Nauphoeta grisea Burmeister, 1838

Nauphoeta cinerea, the speckled cockroach, lobster cockroach, or (small) cinereous cockroach, is a species of cockroach in the family Blaberidae. It is the sole species in the genus Nauphoeta.[2]

  1. ^ "Nauphoeta Burmeister, 1838". BioLib. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Nauphoeta cinerea (Olivier, 1789)". Cockroach Species File. Retrieved 22 July 2019.