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Generic name of cockroach 'Periplaneta' was assigned by:

A.
Linnaeus (1758)
B.
De Beer (1973)
C.
Burmeister (1838)
D.
Bentham (1664)

Solution:

SolutionThe correct answer is Burmeister (1838)Karl Hermann Konrad Burmeister (also known as Carlos Germán Conrado Burmeister) was a German Argentine zoologist, entomologist, herpetologist, botanist, and coleopterologist.He named the cockroach Periplaneta americana in 1838.The scientific name of the cockroach is Periplaneta americana is the largest species of common cockroach.

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