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Kaskakkerlak

Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Namen

Engels	Surinam Cockroach
Nederlands	Kaskakkerlak
Spaans	Cucaracha de Surinam
Chinees	苏里南潜蠊
Sranantongo	kakalaka (algemene naam voor de groep)
Wetenschappelijke naam	Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Over deze soort

The Surinam cockroach or greenhouse cockroach (Pycnoscelus surinamensis) is a species of burrowing cockroach. It is a common plant pest endemic to the Indomalayan realm that has spread to tropical and into subtropical regions around the world, and in isolated populations to temperate climates where protective habitat such as greenhouses provide shelter for individuals inadvertently shipped in the soil of plants. Its populations are almost exclusively female, and it reproduces through parthenogenesis, having evolved several clonal strains from its sexual progenitor P. indicus.

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