American cockroach

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Periplaneta americana (American Cockroach) is a species of Blattoidea in the family Blattidae.

EOL has data for 11 attributes, including:

adventive in
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/adventive
- Attribution: Simpson, A., Eyler, M.C., Sikes, D., Bowser, M., Sellers, E., Guala, G.F., Cannister, M., Libby, R., and Kozlowski, N., 2019, A comprehensive list of non-native species established in three major regions of the United States: Version 2.0, (ver. 2.0, 2019): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9E5K160. A possibly ambiguous term used to describe the presence of the taxon in a region. Common definitions include newly arrived; vagrant; in flux. May or may not have been introduced by human activity.
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The Hawaiian Islands
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/5855811
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auditory system
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0016490
- Definition: the sensory system for the sense of hearing
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subgenual organs
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q16581534
- Definition: organs in insects that are involved in the perception of sound; just below the knee in the tibia of all legs in most insects. Reception is performed by aggregations of scolopidia, the unit mechanoreceptor in invertebrates.
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region
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Mozambique
- URI: https://www.geonames.org/1036973
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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tropical
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000204
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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hearing range
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q351087
- Definition: range of frequencies that can be heard by humans or other animals
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2000 Hz
hearing threshold
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1504201
- Definition: minimum sound level that an average individual can hear
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55 dB
is vector for
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002459
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa
parasitized by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002444
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Protospirura numidica Seurat 1914
preyed upon by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002439
- Definition: An interaction relationship involving a predation process, where the subject kills the target in order to eat it or to feed to siblings, offspring or group members
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Noctilio (Noctilio) leporinus (Linnaeus 1758) (Fisherman Bat)

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of American cockroach. View this species on GBIF

Chris Mallory cc-by-nc-4.0

Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus 1758)