| Nocticola gerlachi | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Nocticolidae |
| Genus: | Nocticola |
| Species: | N. gerlachi |
| Binomial name | |
| Nocticola gerlachi Roth, 2003 | |
Nocticola gerlachi, or Gerlach's cockroach, is a species of cockroach in the family Nocticolidae. Nocticola gerlachi are found in the Seychelles, an archipelago off the African Coast. The cockroach is brown in color with "whitish" legs. The species is named after Justin Gerlach, who discovered them. Only male specimens have been collected. Females are unknown.
References
- ^ Gerlach, J. (2012). "Nocticola gerlachi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T199508A2595807. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T199508A2595807.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Roth, Louis M. (2003). "Some cockroaches from Africa and islands of the Indian Ocean, with descriptions of three new species (Blattaria)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 129 (1): 163–182. ISSN 0002-8320. JSTOR 25078802.
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| Nocticola gerlachi | |
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