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Forest Cockroach Lat. “Ectobius sylvestris“

Ectobius sylvestris, known generally as the forest cockroach or lesser cockroach, is a species of cockroach in the family Ectobiidae. It is found in Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China) and North America.

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Ectobius sylvestris:

Ectobius sylvestris discrepans Adelung, 1917 Ectobius sylvestris sylvestris (Poda, 1761)

Further reading

Forest Cockroach – No. 1 Forest Cockroach – No. 2

Ancestry Graph

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Further Information

„Forest Cockroach“ on wikipedia.org

„Forest Cockroach“ on iNaturalist.org

Copyright

Wikipedia

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Death in the garden

„Forest Cockroach“ also appeared in the following editions of Arthropods Daily