Pennsylvania wood cockroach

The Pennsylvania wood cockroach (Parcoblatta pensylvanica) or Pennsylvanian cockroach is a common species of cockroach in eastern and central North America.

Pennsylvania wood cockroach
Parcoblatta pennsylvanica nymphs caught from Wake County, NC
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Ectobiidae
Genus: Parcoblatta
Species:
P. pensylvanica
Binomial name
Parcoblatta pensylvanica
(De Geer, 1773)
Synonyms
  • Parcoblatta pennsylvanica (De Geer, 1773)
  • Blatta cincta Fabricius 1787
  • Blatta borealis Saussure, 1862
  • Blatta pennsylvanica De Geer 1773
  • Ectobia flavocincta Scudder, 1862
  • Ischnoptera couloniana Saussure 1862
  • Ischnoptera inaequalis Saussure & Zehntner 1893
  • Ischnoptera nortoniana Saussure 1862
  • Ischnoptera translucida Saussure, 1864
  • Periplaneta curta Walker, F., 1871
  • Temnopteryx marginata Scudder, 872
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