Turkestan cockroach

"Rusty red" redirects here. For the color, see Rust (color).

Turkestan cockroach
Mating (male light, female dark) above, nymphs below
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Blattidae
Genus: Periplaneta
Species:
P. lateralis
Binomial name
Periplaneta lateralis
Walker, 1868
Synonyms

Shelfordella lateralis (Walker, 1868)
Blatta (Shelfordella) lateralis (Walker, 1868)
Periplaneta tartara Saussure, 1874
Shelfordella tartara (Saussure, 1874)
Shelfordella ahngeri Adelung 1910
Shelfordella tartara v. zarudnyi Adelung, 1910
Paralobotoptera sillemi Hantisch, 1935

Periplaneta lateralis (also Shelfordella lateralis, Blatta lateralis), commonly known as the Turkestan cockroach, red runner cockroach, or rusty red cockroach, is a primarily outdoor-dwelling cockroach native to an area stretching from northern Africa to Central Asia.

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