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Mountain Cockroaches
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Mountain Cockroaches

Aptera

Aptera is an obsolete taxonomic category, which included the Apterygota along with various other wingless arthropods.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Cape Mountain Cockroach

speciesAptera fusca

Richtersveld Cockroach

speciesAptera munda

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 428359.