Turkestan cockroach

"Rusty red" redirects here. For the color, see Rust (color).

Turkestan cockroach
Mating (male light, female dark) above, nymphs below
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Blattidae
Genus: Periplaneta
Species:
P. lateralis
Binomial name
Periplaneta lateralis
Walker, 1868
Synonyms[1][2]

Shelfordella lateralis (Walker, 1868)
Blatta (Shelfordella) lateralis (Walker, 1868)
Periplaneta tartara Saussure, 1874
Shelfordella tartara (Saussure, 1874)
Shelfordella ahngeri Adelung 1910
Shelfordella tartara v. zarudnyi Adelung, 1910
Paralobotoptera sillemi Hantisch, 1935

The Turkestan cockroach, Periplaneta lateralis (also known by its synonyms Shelfordella lateralis and Blatta lateralis),[3] also known as the rusty red cockroach,[4] red runner cockroach[5] or simply rusty red, red runner,[5] or lat, is a primarily outdoor-dwelling cockroach native to an area from northern Africa to Central Asia.[6][7] Adults measure around 3 cm (1.2 in) in length.[8] Adult males are a brownish orange or red, are slender, and have long, yellowish wings which allow it to attract females and to glide.[8][9] Adult females are dark brown to black, with cream-colored markings on the shield and a cream-colored stripe edging its wings; they are broader than males, and have short vestigial wings.[9] Nymphs are brown in front, black on the rear, and are wingless.[9]

  1. ^ Cockroach Species File: species Periplaneta lateralis Walker, 1868 (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 28 March 2024)
  2. ^ "Synonyms of Turkestan Cockroach (Shelfordella lateralis)". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Taxonomic Information for Turkestan Cockroach (Shelfordella lateralis)". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  4. ^ Oonincx, D.G.A.B.; Dierenfeld, E.S. (2012). "An Investigation Into the Chemical Composition of Alternative Invertebrate Prey" (PDF). Zoo Biology. 31 (1): 40–54. doi:10.1002/zoo.20382. ISSN 0733-3188. PMID 21442652.
  5. ^ a b "BioLib – Shelfordella lateralis (Red Runner Cockroach)". BioLib. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
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  8. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference eol2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ a b c Floyd G. Werner; Carl E. Olson (1994). Insects of the Southwest. Fisher Books. pp. 5–6. ISBN 978-1-55561-060-9. Retrieved 13 December 2013.