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Cryptocercus primarius

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Cryptocercus primarius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Cryptocercidae
Genus: Cryptocercus
Species:
C. primarius
Binomial name
Cryptocercus primarius
Bey-Bienko, 1938

Cryptocercus primarius is a species of subsocial, xylophagous cockroach in the family Cryptocercidae.[1] It is found in the Sichuan Province of China, and is thought to be the most ancestral member of Cryptocercus. [2]

References

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  1. Bey-Bienko, Grigory. "Blattodea Species File - Cryptocercus primarius Bey-Bienko, 1938". Retrieved 2026-08-14.
  2. Nalepa, Christine A.; Li, L.; Lu, W.; Lazell, J. "Rediscovery of the wood-eating cockroach Cryptocercus primarius (Dictyoptera: Cryptocercidae) in China, with notes on ecology and distribution". Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica. 26 (2): 184–190 via ResearchGate.