Temnopteryx (cockroach)
| Temnopteryx | |
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| Temnopteryx phalerata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Ectobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Blattellinae |
| Genus: | Temnopteryx Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 |
| Species | |
Temnopteryx is a genus of cockroaches. The genus includes Temnopteryx phalerata, the Cape Zebra Cockroach, which is endemic to the Fynbos biome of the Western Cape province of South Africa.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Alan Weaving; Griffiths, Charles Llewellyn; Mike Picker (2005). Field Guide To Insects Of Southern Africa (Field Guide Series). Cape Town: Struik Publishers. p. 46. ISBN 1-77007-061-3.
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