Eucorydia miyakoensis | |
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Critically Endangered Species (
Japanese Ministry of the Environment)
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Blattodea |
Family: | Corydiidae |
Genus: | Eucorydia |
Species: | E. miyakoensis
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Binomial name | |
Eucorydia miyakoensis Yanagisawa, Sakamaki, and Shimano, 2021
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Eucorydia miyakoensis is a species of cockroach first discovered on Miyako Island, in Japan's Ryukyu Archipelago, in 2021. [1] [2] [3] It is found exclusively in the forests of Miyako Island, where it lives in the forest floor's leaf litter and humus. [4]
Eucorydia miyakoensis males grow between 12.5 and 13 mm in length. [5] It has a distinct orange band on its upper wings. [4] [5] The antennae are shiny and black, and divided into 36–38 segments. [2]
Eucorydia miyakoensis | |
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Critically Endangered Species (
Japanese Ministry of the Environment)
| |
Scientific classification
![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Blattodea |
Family: | Corydiidae |
Genus: | Eucorydia |
Species: | E. miyakoensis
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Binomial name | |
Eucorydia miyakoensis Yanagisawa, Sakamaki, and Shimano, 2021
|
Eucorydia miyakoensis is a species of cockroach first discovered on Miyako Island, in Japan's Ryukyu Archipelago, in 2021. [1] [2] [3] It is found exclusively in the forests of Miyako Island, where it lives in the forest floor's leaf litter and humus. [4]
Eucorydia miyakoensis males grow between 12.5 and 13 mm in length. [5] It has a distinct orange band on its upper wings. [4] [5] The antennae are shiny and black, and divided into 36–38 segments. [2]