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« With winter’s arrival comes the kind of news that may give New Yorkers the creeps. A species of cockroach never found in the United States before has been positively identified in Manhattan. »

« Unlike the roaches that New York residents have known and hated for years, this variety can survive not just indoors where it’s warm, but also outdoors in freezing temperatures. The species Periplaneta japonica is well documented in Asia but was never confirmed in the United States until Rutgers insect biologists Jessica Ware and Dominic Evangelista documented its presence in a study just published by the Journal of Economic Entomology. »

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[Periplaneta japonica, Dictyoptera, Blattidae]

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[L'étude : "Using DNA Barcodes to Confirm the Presence of a New Invasive Cockroach Pest in New York City.”

Une vidéo en anglais : "Cold Resistant Japanese Cockroaches Discovered In NYC

(via Entomological Society of America "Cold-tolerant Cockroach from Asia Found in New York")]