Nocticola

Nocticola is a genus of cockroaches in the family Nocticolidae[1] distributed in Africa, south-east Asia and Australia.[2] 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.[3]

Nocticola
Nocticola gonzalezi male (top) and female (bottom)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Nocticolidae
Genus: Nocticola
Bolívar, 1892
Illustration

Species

There are currently 24 known species:

  • Nocticola adebratti
  • Nocticola australiensis
  • Nocticola babindaensis
  • Nocticola bolivari
  • Nocticola brooksi
  • Nocticola caeca
  • Nocticola clavata
  • Nocticola cockingi[4]
  • Nocticola currani[4]
  • Nocticola decaryi
  • Nocticola flabella
  • Nocticola gerlachi: Gerlach's cockroach (endangered)
  • Nocticola gonzalezi[5]
  • Nocticola jodarlingtonae
  • Nocticola leleupi
  • Nocticola quartermainei[4]
  • Nocticola remyi
  • Nocticola rohini
  • Nocticola scytala
  • Nocticola simoni
  • Nocticola sinensis
  • Nocticola termitophila
  • Nocticola uenoi
  • Nocticola wliensis

References
  1. Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  2. Cockroach Species File (retrieved 26 January 2018)
  3. 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
  4. TROTTER, ANDREW J.; McRAE, JANE M.; MAIN, DEAN C.; FINSTON, TERRIE L. (2017-04-04). "Speciation in fractured rock landforms: towards understanding the diversity of subterranean cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Nocticolidae: Nocticola) in Western Australia". Zootaxa. 4250 (2): 143–170. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4250.2.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 28610024.
  5. Lucanas, Cristian C.; Ireneo L. Lit Jr. (2016-09-28). "Cockroaches (Insecta, Blattodea) from caves of Polillo Island (Philippines), with description of a new species". Subterranean Biology. 19: 51–64. doi:10.3897/subtbiol.19.9804. ISSN 1314-2615.
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