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Change log entry 62920
Processed by: goldyn_chyld (2017-01-24 14:10:00 GMT)
Comment: << review queue entry 59480 - submitted by 'richwarm' >>
1) "including cockroach" makes it sound like there are other types of insect in this family.
That's incorrect -- all of the insects in this family are cockroaches.

2) It also makes it sound like "cockroach" is a species.
That's incorrect, too. There are many species of cockroach.
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Wp ~ Blattidae is a cockroaches family in the order Blattodea containing several of the most common household cockroaches.

EB ~
Suborder Blattaria (cockroaches)
[...]
Family Blattidae [within suborder Blattaria]
[...] size range about 10 to 35 mm; worldwide distribution; about 550 species.
https://www.britannica.com/animal/orthopteran/Form-and-function
Diff:
- 蜚蠊科 蜚蠊科 [fei3 lian2 ke1] /Blattidae, insect family including cockroach/
+ 蜚蠊科 蜚蠊科 [fei3 lian2 ke1] /Blattidae, family of about 550 species of cockroach/
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