Eushelfordia is a genus of cockroaches from the family Ectobiidae.[1] These brightly marked cockroaches are native to forests in the Amazon basin in South America.[2]

Eushelfordia
Eushelfordia pica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Ectobiidae
Subfamily: Nyctiborinae
Genus: Eushelfordia
Hebard, 1925

Taxonomy edit

Eushelfordia contains the following species:[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Hebard, M. (1924). "Studies in the Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Ecuador". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 76: 109–248. JSTOR 4063922.
  2. ^ a b "Genus Eushelfordia Hebard, 1925". Cockroach Species File. Retrieved 26 June 2023.