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Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus 1758)
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Body symmetry
Namigai et al 2014
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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Simpson et al 2020
The Hawaiian Islands
URI:
http://www.geonames.org/5855811
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Global Biotic Interactions
Dives warczewiczi (Cabanis 1861) (Scrub Blackbird)
Global Biotic Interactions
Urocyclus kirkii Gray 1864
Global Biotic Interactions
Mimus longicaudatus longicaudatus Tschudi 1844
Global Biotic Interactions
Pyrocephalus rubinus obscurus
Global Biotic Interactions
Pyrocephalus rubinus obscurus
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Aprostocetus hagenowi
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Aprostocetus hagenowi
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Anastatus umae
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Anastatus umae
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Aprostocetus hagenowii (Ratzeburg 1852) (Parasitoid wasp)
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Thelastoma bulhoesi
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Thelastoma bulhoesi
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Pterygodermatites coloradensis
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Protospirura numidica
Global Biotic Interactions
Hammerschmidtiella diesingi
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Hemidactylus frenatus Duméril & Bibron 1836 (Common House Gecko)
Global Biotic Interactions
Hemidactylus frenatus Duméril & Bibron 1836 (Common House Gecko)
Global Biotic Interactions
Aspidoscelis exsanguis (Lowe 1956) (Chihuahuan spotted whiptail)
Global Biotic Interactions
Aspidoscelis exsanguis (Lowe 1956) (Chihuahuan spotted whiptail)
Global Biotic Interactions
Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch 1841 (brown button spider)
are vectors for
Global Biotic Interactions
CORRUPTED VALUE for trait R20-PK130912193
Global Biotic Interactions
CORRUPTED VALUE for trait R20-PK130792014
auditory system
Yager 1999
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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behavioral circadian rhythm
Saunders 2002
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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body length
Body Size Data for North American Orthopteroid
27.8 mm
(female, adult, min)
Body Size Data for North American Orthopteroid
29.7 mm
(male, adult, min)
Body Size Data for North American Orthopteroid
34 mm
(female, adult, max)
Body Size Data for North American Orthopteroid
34.2 mm
(male, adult, max)
body shape
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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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cellularity
Cellularity and growth form
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
Insect Development
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
Body Size Data for North American Orthopteroid
9.6 mm
(female, adult, estimate)
Body Size Data for North American Orthopteroid
7.6 mm
(male, adult, estimate)
feeding structure
Arthropod Trophic Ecology Data
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
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Ecuador
URI:
http://www.geonames.org/3658394
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TreatmentBank
cosmopolitan
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/Cosmopolitan
Attribution:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmopolitan_distribution
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cosmopolitan
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/Cosmopolitan
Attribution:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmopolitan_distribution
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Memoirs of the American Entomological Society
Wisconsin
URI:
http://www.geonames.org/5279468
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Memoirs of the American Entomological Society
Panama
URI:
http://www.geonames.org/3703430
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habitat
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dust
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002008
Definition:
Minute solid particles with diameters less than 500 micrometers. Occurs in and may be deposited from, the atmosphere.
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ground
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000635
Definition:
planetary surface that is not covered by water
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house
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000417
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glue
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00003076
Definition:
any substance applied to the surfaces of materials that binds them together and resists separation
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Wikipedia (inferred records)
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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have endoparasite
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Global Biotic Interactions
Thelastoma bulhoesi
Global Biotic Interactions
Pterygodermatites coloradensis
Global Biotic Interactions
Protospirura numidica
Global Biotic Interactions
Gongylonema soricis
Fain 1955
Global Biotic Interactions
Gongylonema neoplasticum
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Metarhizium robertsii J. F. Bisch., S. A. Rehner & Humber 2009
Global Biotic Interactions
Metarhizium robertsii J. F. Bisch., S. A. Rehner & Humber 2009
Global Biotic Interactions
Periplaneta americana mononega-like virus
Global Biotic Interactions
Steinernema scapterisci
Global Biotic Interactions
Endamoeba blattae
hearing range
Yager 1999
1800 Hz
(min)
Yager 1999
2000 Hz
(max)
hearing threshold
Yager 1999
55 dB
introduced range includes
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Simpson et al 2020
Alaska
URI:
http://www.geonames.org/5879092
Attribution:
GeoNames
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Simpson et al 2020
The Contiguous United States
URI:
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q578170
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The Nearctic
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q737742
Definition:
one of the eight terrestrial ecozones constituting the Earth's land surface
Attribution:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecozone_Nearctic.svg
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Asia
URI:
http://www.geonames.org/6255147
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Oceania continent (Australia, NZ and islands)
URI:
http://www.geonames.org/6255151
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latitude
OBIS environmental data records
3.25 degrees
(min)
OBIS environmental data records
3.25 degrees
(max)
longitude
OBIS environmental data records
73 degrees
(max)
OBIS environmental data records
73 degrees
(min)
native range includes
Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
Ethiopia
URI:
http://www.geonames.org/337996
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the Palearctic
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q106447
Definition:
largest of the eight ecozones constituting the Earth's surface
Attribution:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palearctic.png
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parasitize
Global Biotic Interactions
CORRUPTED VALUE for trait R20-PK131076644
prey on
Global Biotic Interactions
CORRUPTED VALUE for trait R20-PK129875320
type specimen repository
GBIF national node type records UK
NHMUK
(female)