Megaloblatta longipennis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Blattodea |
Family: | Ectobiidae |
Genus: | Megaloblatta |
Species: | M. longipennis
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Binomial name | |
Megaloblatta longipennis (
Walker, 1868)
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Synonyms [1] [2] | |
Blabera longipennis
Walker, 1868 |
Megaloblatta longipennis is a species of cockroach in the family Ectobiidae. It is one of the world's largest cockroaches by length and wingspan. It is native to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru; [3] [4] [5] although its range sometimes is reported to extend into Panama; this is based on misidentifications of the closely related and similar M. blaberoides (the only Central American species in the genus). [6]
Members of M. longipennis are known for their exceptional size; the largest specimen measured 9.7 cm (3.8 in) in length, 4.5 cm (1.8 in) in width, and had a wingspan of 20 cm (8 in). [7] The related M. blaberoides, which is quite similar but differs in certain morphological features, [5] can reach about the same length and almost as much, 18.5 cm (7.3 in), in wingspan. [8]
Megaloblatta longipennis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Blattodea |
Family: | Ectobiidae |
Genus: | Megaloblatta |
Species: | M. longipennis
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Binomial name | |
Megaloblatta longipennis (
Walker, 1868)
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Synonyms [1] [2] | |
Blabera longipennis
Walker, 1868 |
Megaloblatta longipennis is a species of cockroach in the family Ectobiidae. It is one of the world's largest cockroaches by length and wingspan. It is native to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru; [3] [4] [5] although its range sometimes is reported to extend into Panama; this is based on misidentifications of the closely related and similar M. blaberoides (the only Central American species in the genus). [6]
Members of M. longipennis are known for their exceptional size; the largest specimen measured 9.7 cm (3.8 in) in length, 4.5 cm (1.8 in) in width, and had a wingspan of 20 cm (8 in). [7] The related M. blaberoides, which is quite similar but differs in certain morphological features, [5] can reach about the same length and almost as much, 18.5 cm (7.3 in), in wingspan. [8]