Cryptocercus primarius

Cryptocercus primarius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Cryptocercidae
Genus: Cryptocercus
Species:
C. primarius
Binomial name
Cryptocercus primarius
Bey-Bienko, 1938

Cryptocercus primarius is a species of subsocial, xylophagous cockroach in the family Cryptocercidae. It is found in the Sichuan Province of China, and is thought to be the most ancestral member of Cryptocercus.

References

  1. ↑ Bey-Bienko, Grigory. "Blattodea Species File - Cryptocercus primarius Bey-Bienko, 1938". Retrieved 2026-08-14.
  2. ↑ Nalepa, Christine A.; Li, L.; Lu, W.; Lazell, J. "Rediscovery of the wood-eating cockroach Cryptocercus primarius (Dictyoptera: Cryptocercidae) in China, with notes on ecology and distribution". Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica. 26 (2): 184–190 – via ResearchGate.