Cryptocercus

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Proper noun

Cryptocercus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Cryptocercidae – the wood roaches or brown-hooded cockroaches, the extant roaches most closely related to termites, which are now thought to be specialized roaches.

References

Cryptocercus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cryptocercus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Cryptocercus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Cryptocercus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Cryptocercus at Encyclopedia of Life
Cryptocercus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

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