Blatta

See also: blatta

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin blatta (“any of several light-avoiding insects”).

Proper noun

Blatta f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Blattidae – cockroaches.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Polyneoptera - superorder; Blattodea - order; Blattoidea - superfamily; Blattidae - family; Blattinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Blatta orientalis - type species; Blatta furcata – species

Derived terms

• Blattella
• Archiblatta
• Cartoblatta
• Celatoblatta
• Celeriblattina
• Eroblatta
• Lamproblatta
• Maoriblatta

References

• Blatta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Blatta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Blatta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Blatta at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Blatta at the Catalogue of Life 
• Blatta at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Blatta at Paleobiology Database