蟑螂,又名蜚蠊,是重要的传病媒介,这一点已为众所周知。除此之外,还能损坏人的衣服书籍,甚至工厂的产品和原材料等,造成经济上的损失。据吴福祯氏报导, 蜚蠊中以大蠊属(Periplaneta)昆虫危害最甚。近年来,国内许多城市开展了对蜚蠊种群分布、生态习性等的调查,其结果表明,确以此属蜚蠊分布最广,其中尤以美洲大蠊(Periplaneta americana)为数最多,为许多城市的优势种。随着人们对蜚蠊危害性的认识,蜚蠊的研究工作越来越受到重视。在分类学方面, Cockroaches, also known as cockroaches, are an important vector of transmission, as is well known. In addition, it can damage people’s clothes books, even the factory’s products and raw materials, resulting in economic losses. According to Wu Furen’s report, cockroaches in the genus Periplaneta insects most harmful. In recent years, many domestic cities have carried out surveys on the distribution of cockroaches and their ecological habits. The results show that cockroaches are indeed the most widely distributed, especially Periplaneta americana, which is the largest number of cities The dominant species. With people’s understanding of the harmfulness of cockroaches, the research on cockroaches has drawn more and more attention. In taxonomy,