Ectobius lapponicus

Ectobius lapponicus is a species in the order Blattodea ("cockroaches and termites"), in the class Insecta ("insects"). A common name for Ectobius lapponicus is "dusky cockroach".

Distribution
The distribution range of Ectobius lapponicus includes Europe, Northern Asia (excluding China), the northeastern United States, and southeastern Canada. It is native to Europe and was first recorded in North America in 1984.

References

Further reading

 American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico, Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
 Atkinson, Thomas H., Philip G. Koehler, and Richard S. Patterson (1991). Catalog and Atlas of the Cockroaches of North America North of Mexico. Miscellaneous Publications of the Entomological Society of America, no. 78, 1-85.
 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.
 Princis, K. / Beier, M., ed. (1971). Blattariae: Subordo Epilamproidea Fam.: Ectobiidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus, pars 14, 1039-1224.

External links

NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Ectobius lapponicus

 
Category:Orthoptera of Europe
Category:Insects described in 1758
Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus