Parcoblatta virginica
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Parcoblatta virginica, the Virginia wood cockroach,[1] is a small cockroach species of the genus Parcoblatta, measuring about a centimeter long as an adult.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Description
Adult males of this species like adult males of several other species of Parcoblatta are full winged and orangish in color.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Adult females are brachypterous and can be from rusty brown to almost black.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Nymphs can be brown to black.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Adults and older nymphs usually have a blackish or dark stained head.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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Distribution
The distribution of the species is limited to Ontario, Canada[3] and the eastern United States, including Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin.[4]
Additional images
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Adult female P. virginica from North Carolina
References
External links
- Drawings from a 1917 article[5] by Morgan Hebard. Plate IV includes a dorsal views of a male and a female of P. virginica (figures 1 and 5), and views of body parts of the male (figure 2-4), with a key to the drawings on page 277.
- Black and white photograph of top view of P. virginica female with partly formed ootheca, from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.