''Neotemnopteryx'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
cockroach
Cockroaches (or roaches) are insects belonging to the Order (biology), order Blattodea (Blattaria). About 30 cockroach species out of 4,600 are associated with human habitats. Some species are well-known Pest (organism), pests.
Modern cockro ...
es, from Australia and New Zealand, in the family,
Ectobiidae
Ectobiidae (formerly Blattellidae) is a family of the order Blattodea (cockroaches). This family contains many of the smaller common household pest cockroaches, among others. They are sometimes called wood cockroaches. A few notable species inclu ...
.
[Princis, K. (1951) Neue und wenig bekannte Blattarien aus dem Zoologischen Museum, Kopenhagen. Spolia Mus. Zool. Hauniensis 12, 5–72.]
Taxonomy
''Neotemnopteryx'' contains the following species:
* ''
Neotemnopteryx bifurcata''
* ''
Neotemnopteryx fulva''
References
Cockroach genera
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