- Source: Blaberidae
Giant cockroaches, or blaberids (family Blaberidae), are the second-largest cockroach family by number of species. Mostly distributed in warmer climates worldwide, this family is based on the American genus Blaberus, but much of the diversity is also found in Africa and Asia.
Description
They are the only ovoviviparous cockroach family. The ootheca is seen very briefly before being retracted into the body, where soon after the young nymphs hatch inside, the female gives live birth. The cerci are smaller compared to other families, and most of the time are covered by wings. They're mostly found in caves, rotting logs or buried under leaf litter. Many are often kept as pets or as feeder insects, such as Blaberus, Gromphadorhina or Macropanesthia.
= Notable species
=Notable species within this family include:
Cape mountain cockroach – Aptera fusca
Dwarf cave cockroach – Blaberus atropos (syn. Blaberus fusca)
Death's head cockroach – Blaberus craniifer
False death's head cockroach – Blaberus discoidalis
Giant cave cockroach – Blaberus giganteus
Dubia cockroach – Blaptica dubia
Orange head cockroach – Eublaberus posticus
Glowspot cockroach – Lucihormetica verrucosa
Beetle cockroach – Diploptera punctata
Chrome cockroach – Gyna caffrorum
Cuban, or green banana cockroach – Panchlora nivea
Halloween hissing cockroach – Elliptorhina javanica
Wide-horned hissing cockroach – Gromphadorhina oblongonota
Madagascar hissing cockroach – Gromphadorhina portentosa
Speckled cockroach – Nauphoeta cinerea
Surinam cockroach – Pycnoscelus surinamensis
Australian wood cockroach – Panesthia spp. including P. cribrata
Giant burrowing cockroach – Macropanesthia rhinoceros
Emerald cockroach – Pseudoglomeris magnifica
Subfamilies and genera
The Cockroach Species File lists over 1260 species within 170 valid genera and 14 subfamilies.
= Blaberinae
=Auth.: Saussure, 1864; distribution: Americas
Calolamprodinae Wang & Wang, 2023
Calolamprodes Bey-Bienko, 1969 (India, China, Indochina)
Diplopterinae
Distribution: SE Asia, Australia, N. America
Diploptera Saussure, 1864
= Epilamprinae
=Auth.: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865; distribution: Americas, Africa, SE Asia, Australia
= Geoscapheinae
=Distribution: Malesia, Australasia (not mainland Asia)
Geoscapheus Tepper, 1893
Macropanesthia Saussure, 1895
Neogeoscapheus Roth, 1977
Parapanesthia Roth, 1977
= Gyninae
=Distribution: Africa
= Oxyhaloinae
=Distribution: Africa – 3 tribes:
= Panchlorinae
=Distribution: Americas, Africa
= Panesthiinae
=Distribution: Madagascar, India, China, SE Asia through to Australia
Paranauphoetinae Rehn, 1951
Paranauphoeta Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 (India, China, Indochina, Malesia, New Guinea)
= Perisphaerinae
=Auth.: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865; distribution: Africa, SE Asia, Australia
= Pycnoscelinae
=Distribution: SE Asia & S. America
Proscratea Burmeister, 1838 - S. America
Pycnoscelus Scudder, 1862
Stilpnoblatta Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
Rhabdoblattellinae Wang & Wang, 2023
Rhabdoblattella Anisyutkin, 1999 (China, Indochina)
= Zetoborinae
=Distribution: Central & S. America
= Genera Incertae sedis
== Taxonomy note
=Among the genera of uncertain subfamily, Eustegasta, Isoniscus and Poeciloderrhis have been removed from subfamily Perisphaerinae.
References
External links
Media related to Blaberidae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Blaberidae at Wikispecies
"Blaberinae". uniprot.org. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Kecoak
- Termitidae
- Blaberidae
- Blaberus giganteus
- Blaptica dubia
- Giant burrowing cockroach
- Surinam cockroach
- Death's head cockroach
- Simandoa conserfariam
- Cockroach
- Blaberus discoidalis
- Paranauphoeta
