Pennsylvania Wood Cockroach

Parcoblatta pennsylvanica (De Geer 1773)

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Parcoblatta pennsylvanica (Pennsylvania Wood Cockroach) is a species of Blattodea in the family Ectobiidae. They are nocturnal. Individuals can grow to 5.8 mm.

URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q309179
Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the night and sleeping during the day

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EOL has data for 12 attributes, including:

Body symmetry
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry
- Definition: overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry
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bilaterally symmetric
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
- Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves
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host of
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002453
- Attribution: From OBO Relation Ontology
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Aprostocetus hagenowi
parasitized by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002445
- Comment: Auto-added during harvest #37. A human needs to edit this.
- Attribution: Global Biotic Interactions
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Pterygodermatites coloradensis
preyed upon by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002458
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Ampulex canaliculata Say 1823 (Cockroach wasp)
behavioral circadian rhythm
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001502
- Definition: Any measurable or observable behavioral characteristic related to a daily biological activity cycle.
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nocturnal
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q309179
- Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the night and sleeping during the day
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cellularity
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001992
- Definition: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting cells. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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multicellular
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993
- Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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developmental mode
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DevelopmentalMode
- Definition: Broad recognized categories describing development, the process by which organisms grow and mature
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hemimetabolous
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/hemimetabolous
- Definition: Development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis, resulting in a gradual change in body form with each molt, without a pupal stage.
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dorsal length of pronotum
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0002460
- Definition: The median anatomical line of the pronotum in dorsal view.
- Attribution: http://api.hymao.org/api/ref/98032
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5.8 mm
feeding structure
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/FeedingStructure
- Definition: The morphological structure of body parts used to ingest food.
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biting-chewing mouthparts
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/bitingChewing
- Definition: Mouthparts adapted to cutting and grinding food particles using opposable mandibles with a mola (grinding surface).
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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. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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India
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/1269750
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has endoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002635
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Pterygodermatites coloradensis
has pathogen
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002557
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Gregarina blattarum

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Pennsylvania Wood Cockroach. View this species on GBIF

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