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Nocticola

Genus of cockroaches

Nocticola

Genus of cockroaches

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Nocticola is a genus of cockroaches in the family Nocticolidae distributed in Africa, south-east Asia and Australia. Nocticola are different from every other cockroach in that they are not infected with Blattabacterium cuenoti. This makes them the only genus in Blattodea that do not have the bacteria.

Species

There are currently 25 known species:

  • Nocticola adebratti
  • Nocticola australiensis
  • Nocticola babindaensis
  • Nocticola bolivari
  • Nocticola brooksi
  • Nocticola caeca
  • Nocticola clavata
  • Nocticola cockingi
  • Nocticola currani
  • Nocticola decaryi
  • Nocticola flabella
  • Nocticola gerlachi: Gerlach's cockroach (endangered)
  • Nocticola gonzalezi
  • Nocticola jodarlingtonae
  • Nocticola leleupi
  • Nocticola pheromosa
  • Nocticola quartermainei
  • Nocticola remyi
  • Nocticola rohini
  • Nocticola scytala
  • Nocticola simoni
  • Nocticola sinensis
  • Nocticola termitophila
  • Nocticola uenoi
  • Nocticola wliensis

References

References

  1. [http://cockroach.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1177741 ''Cockroach Species File'' (retrieved 26 January 2018)]
  2. Lo, N., Beninati, T., Stone, F., Walker, J., & Sacchi, L. (2007). Cockroaches that lack Blattabacterium endosymbionts: the phylogenetically divergent genus Nocticola. Biology Letters, 3(3), 327-330. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0614
  3. TROTTER, ANDREW J.. (2017-04-04). "Speciation in fractured rock landforms: towards understanding the diversity of subterranean cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Nocticolidae: Nocticola) in Western Australia". Zootaxa.
  4. Lucanas, Cristian C.. (2016-09-28). "Cockroaches (Insecta, Blattodea) from caves of Polillo Island (Philippines), with description of a new species". Subterranean Biology.
  5. Roskov Y.. (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK.
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