Plectoptera Explained

Plectoptera is a genus of American cockroaches in the family Ectobiidae and tribe Plectopterini. There are at least 2 described species in Plectoptera.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

• Plectoptera picta Saussure & Zehntner, 1893 (pictured beetle cockroach)
• Plectoptera poeyi (Saussure, 1862) (Florida beetle roach)

References

• Gutiérrez, Esteban (1995). "Annotated checklist of Cuban cockroaches". Transactions of the American Entomological Society, vol. 121, 65-84.
• Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds. (1997). "Blattodea". Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America: vol. 4: Non-Holometabolous Orders, 31-39.

Further reading

• Book: Ross H. Arnett. 30 July 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 978-0-8493-0212-1.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Plectoptera Genus Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-02-01.
2. Web site: Plectoptera Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-02-01.
3. "Catalog and atlas of the cockroaches (Dictyoptera) of North America north of Mexico", Atkinson T.H., Koehler P.G., Patterson R.S. 1991. Misc. Publ. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 78: 1-86.