Eupolyphaga sinensis | |
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Dried individuals | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Blattodea |
Family: | Corydiidae |
Genus: | Eupolyphaga |
Species: | E. sinensis
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Binomial name | |
Eupolyphaga sinensis (
Walker, 1868)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Eupolyphaga sinensis ( Chinese: 土鳖虫), is a species of wingless, flightless cockroach in the genus Eupolyphaga, native to Western China and Mongolia. The dried body is used in traditional Chinese medicine. [2] They are collected, scalded to death by boiling water, and dried either in the sun or by baking. [3]