Capraiellus panzeri (Stephens, 1835)
(Lesser Cockroach)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCapraiellus panzeri (Lesser Cockroach)
FamilyBLATTELLIDAE (a family of cockroaches)
OrderDICTYOPTERA (cockroaches)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Capraiellus panzeri (Lesser Cockroach) :
1: Capraiellus panzeri (Lesser Cockroach)
21 Jul 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Two males, by general sweeping
Image 1: Male - abdomen (fresh) - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 2: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 3: Male - abdomen with glandular hollow (fresh) - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 4: Male - abdomen with glandular hollow (slightly dried) - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 5: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 6: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 7: Male - glandular hollow (fresh) - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 8: Male - glandular hollow (slightly dried) - magnifiedImage 9: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 10: Wing (fore, left) - magnified - white backgroundImage 11: Wing (hind, left) - magnified - black backgroundImage 12: Wing (hind, left) - magnified - white backgroundImage 13: Wings (left) - highly enlarged
2: Capraiellus panzeri (Lesser Cockroach)
28 Jun 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
good numbers of nymphs visiting Wild Carrot
Image 1: Nymph - dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Nymph - dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 3: Nymph - dorsal view - enlarged (3)Image 4: Nymph - dorsal view - enlarged (4)Image 5: Nymph - dorsal view - enlarged (5)Image 6: Nymph - dorsal view - enlarged (6)Image 7: Nymph - dorsal view - enlarged (7)Image 8: Nymph - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 9: Nymph - dorsal view - highly enlarged (2)Image 10: Nymph - dorsal view - highly enlarged (3)Image 11: Nymph - dorsal view - highly enlarged (4)Image 12: Nymph - dorsal view - highly enlarged (5)Image 13: Nymph - dorsal view - highly enlarged (6)Image 14: Nymph - dorsal view - highly enlarged (7)Image 15: Nymph - dorsal view - highly enlarged (8)Image 16: Nymph - dorsal view - highly enlarged (9)Image 17: Nymph - dorsal view - highly enlarged (10)Image 18: Nymph - dorsal view - highly enlarged (11)Image 19: Nymph - dorsal view - highly enlarged (12)Image 20: Nymph - dorsal view - highly enlarged (13)Image 21: Nymph - dorsal view - highly enlarged (14)Image 22: Nymph - dorsal view - highly enlarged (15)Image 23: Nymph - dorsal view - highly enlarged (16)Image 24: Nymph - dorsal view - highly enlarged (17)Image 25: Nymph - dorsal view - highly enlarged (18)Image 26: Nymph - dorsal view - highly enlarged (19)Image 27: Nymph - dorso-lateral view - enlargedImage 28: Nymph - dorso-lateral view - highly enlargedImage 29: Nymph - dorso-lateral view - highly enlarged (2)Image 30: Nymph - lateral view - highly enlargedImage 31: Nymph - lateral view - highly enlarged (2)Image 32: Nymph - lateral view - highly enlarged (3)Image 33: Nymph - lateral view - highly enlarged (4)Image 34: Nymph - lateral view - highly enlarged (5)Image 35: Nymph - latero-dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 36: Nymph - postero-dorsal view - highly enlarged
3: Capraiellus panzeri (Lesser Cockroach)
10 Sep 2003 OSGR: SW61 49° 60’ N, 5° 10’ W Vice County: West Cornwall (VC 1) England
Male
Image 1: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 2: Male - dorsal view - landscape - enlargedImage 3: Male - dorsal view - portrait - enlargedImage 4: Male - glandular hollow and tubercle on 7th tergite - magnifiedImage 5: Male - ventral view - landscape - enlargedImage 6: Male - ventral view - portrait - enlargedImage 7: Male - dorsal view - close-up - landscape - magnifiedImage 8: Male - dorsal view - close-up - portrait - magnified
4: Capraiellus panzeri (Lesser Cockroach)
12 Aug 1999 OSGR: SX84 50° 20’ N, 3° 40’ W Vice County: South Devon (VC 3) England
Female
Image 1: Cerci - dorsal viewImage 2: Cerci - lateral viewImage 3: FaceImage 4: Female - dorsal viewImage 5: Female - dorsal view - close-upImage 6: Female - lateral viewImage 7: Female - ventral viewImage 8: Female - ventral view - close-upImage 9: Thorax - close-up

Capraiellus panzeri (Lesser Cockroach) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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