Japanese cockroach

Japanese cockroach
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Blattidae
Genus: Periplaneta
Species:
P. japonica
Binomial name
Periplaneta japonica
Karny, 1908

The Japanese cockroach (Periplaneta japonica), also known as the Yamato cockroach,[1] is a cockroach native to Japan, adapted to cooler northern climates.[2][3][4] It has a flexible univoltine or semivoltine (one- or two-year) lifecycle, depending on the timing of its hatching, and is unusual in being able to spend two winters as diapause nymphs before reaching maturity.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Tanaka2002 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Encyclopedia of Life. "Japanese Cockroach - Periplaneta japonica". Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  3. ^ a b Tanaka, Seiji; Uemura, Yoshinobu (August 1996). "Flexible Life Cycle of a Cockroach Periplaneta japonica with Nymphal Diapause". Journal of Orthoptera Research (5). Orthopterists’ Society: 213–219. doi:10.2307/3503596. JSTOR 3503596.
  4. ^ Forman, Rob (9 December 2013). "Cockroach Never Seen Before in U.S. Is Identified in New York". Rutgers Today. Retrieved 9 December 2013.