… [Shojiro Asahina] Old names for cockroaches include Akutamushi and Tsunomushi from the Heian period. Aphids and Kaburi appear in Edo period books. The current name is said to have originated from a mistake made by Matsumura Shonen, an entomologist from the Meiji period, in his Japanese Insectology (1898) by writing "Gokikaburi" (cockroach) instead of "Gokirochi." … *Some of the terminology that mentions "aphids (cockroaches)" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…【朝比奈 正二郎】 ゴキブリの古名としては平安時代の阿久多牟之(あくたむし),都乃牟之(つのむし)がある。アブラムシ,五器嚙(かぶ)りなどは江戸時代の書に見える。現在の名は,明治時代の昆虫学者松村松年が《日本昆虫学》(1898)でゴキカブリをゴキブリと誤記したことに端を発しているという。… ※「アブラムシ(ゴキブリ)」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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