6. Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Blatta americana Linnaeus, 1758: 424 .

Periplaneta stolida Walker, 1868: 128 .

Periplaneta americana colorata Rehn, 1901: 220 .

References. Periplaneta americana, Chopard, 1924: 173; Kevan, 1965: 39; Princis, 1966: 405; Mukherjee, 1989: 174; 1993: 468; Mandal, 1995: 355; 2003: 230; 2004: 147; 2006: 176; 2007: 237–238; Mandal & Shishodia, 1997: 197; Mandal et al., 2000: 286; Prabakaran et al., 2009: 57; 2018: 210; Prabakaran, 2010: 113; Jadhav & Sharma, 2012: 447; Koli et al., 2014: 66; Gaikwad et al., 2014: 84; Prabakaran & Senraj, 2018a: 280.

Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Manipur, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa, Sikkim, Tripura, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.

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