The oriental cockroach, also known as the waterbug or black cockroach, is a large, dark brown to black, glossy-bodied cockroach species, with adult males measuring roughly 18 to 29 millimetres and females 20 to 27 millimetres. Females appear wingless at a glance but actually carry short, non-functional wings, giving them a wider body than the longer-winged but still flightless males. Originally endemic to the Crimean Peninsula and the region around the Black and Caspian Seas, it now has a cosmopolitan distribution. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Source Wikidata: Oriental Cockroach
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Africa, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Albania, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Austria, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Belgium, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Bosnia and Herzegovina, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Bulgaria, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Cyprus, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Georgia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: North America, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Serbia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Switzerland, found in there.
Sources
1. GBIF Species API
2. Wikipedia: Oriental cockroach
3. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Blatta orientalis
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 5151589, category fieldQuote, GBIF taxon key 5151589, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
View the Source Oriental cockroach (Wikipedia)
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Wikidata: Oriental Cockroach
Child Taxon Of: Blattodea, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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