Smokybrown cockroach

Smokybrown cockroach
laying an egg case (ootheca)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Blattidae
Genus: Validiblatta
Species:
V. fuliginosa
Binomial name
Validiblatta fuliginosa
(Serville, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Kakerlac fuliginosa Serville, 1839
  • Periplaneta picea Shiraki, 1906
  • Periplaneta emarginata Karny, 1908
  • Periplaneta filchnerae Karny, 1908

The smokybrown cockroach (Validiblatta fuliginosa), synonym Periplaneta fuliginosa, is a species of cockroach in the family Blattidae. It is a large, winged species, growing to a length of 32–35 millimetres (1.3–1.4 in).

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