Definition of Genus Blatta

1. Noun. Type genus of the Blattidae: cockroaches infesting buildings worldwide.

Exact synonyms: Blatta
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Blattidae, Family Blattidae
Member holonyms: Asiatic Cockroach, Blackbeetle, Blatta Orientalis, Oriental Cockroach, Oriental Roach

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Blatta

genus Besseya
genus Beta
genus Bettongia
genus Betula
genus Bibos
genus Bidens
genus Bignonia
genus Biscutella
genus Bison
genus Bitis
genus Blaberus
genus Blandfordia
genus Blarina
genus Blastocladia
genus Blastomyces
genus Blatta (current term)
genus Blattella
genus Blechnum
genus Blennius
genus Blephilia
genus Bletia
genus Bletilla
genus Blighia
genus Blissus
genus Bloomeria
genus Bocconia
genus Boehmeria
genus Bolbitis
genus Boletellus
genus Boletus

Literary usage of Genus Blatta

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington by Entomological Society of Washington (1905)
"1822, also described in the genus Blatta. Appended I give a list of genera and species of Blattidae apparently not entered in the catalogue. ..."

2. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society by American Entomological Society (1916)
"... and select as type of that genus, Blatta surinamensis Linnaeus. This action was due to the fact that he objected to genera and species based upon ..."

3. The Entomologist's Useful Compendium: Or, An Introduction to the Knowledge by George Samouelle (1819)
"The genus Blatta may be defined (as it now stands), to be a general reservoir for all insects agreeing with the character of the Order. ..."

4. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1866)
"The specimen is one of the wings; and it very closely resembles the corresponding wing of a modern Cockroach (genus Blatta). ..."

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