Blatta orientalis


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Noun1.Blatta orientalis - dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distributionBlatta orientalis - dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution
Asiatic cockroach, blackbeetle, oriental cockroach, oriental roach
cockroach, roach - any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests
Blatta, genus Blatta - type genus of the Blattidae: cockroaches infesting buildings worldwide
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They have diverse habits, i.e., some are semiaquatic e.g., Blatta orientalis L.
Blattodea of Kolhapur District with the first record of Supella (Supella) Longipalpa (Blattodea: Blattellidae) for the state of Maharashtra, India
Allen, "Excretion of viable tubercle bacilli by Blatta orientalis (the oriental cockroach) following ingestion of heat-fixed sputum smears: a laboratory investigation," Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, vol.
Isolation of intestinal parasites of public health importance from cockroaches (Blattella germanica) in Jimma Town, Southwestern Ethiopia

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