''Eublaberus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of South American
cockroach
Cockroaches (or roaches) are insects belonging to the Order (biology), order Blattodea (Blattaria). About 30 cockroach species out of 4,600 are associated with human habitats. Some species are well-known Pest (organism), pests.
Modern cockro ...
es in the subfamily
Blaberinae, identified by
Morgan Hebard
Morgan Hebard (February 23, 1887 – December 28, 1946) was an American entomologist who specialized in orthoptera, and assembled a collection of over 250,000 specimens.
Early life and education
Morgan Hebard was born on February 23, 1887, in Cle ...
in 1920.
Description
Among the differences from the related genus ''
Blaberus'' are proportionately somewhat shorter, stouter limbs, a broad blackish bar on the caudal margin (rear) of the
pronotum
The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs. Its principal sclerites (exoskeletal plates) are the pronotum (dorsal), the prosternum (ventral), and the propleuron (lateral) on e ...
, and angulation on the lateral margins (sides) of the pronotum.
Species
The ''Cocroach Species File'' lists:
[
# '' Eublaberus argentinus'' Hebard 1921
# '' Eublaberus distanti'' (Kirby, W. F. 1903): The six spotted cockroach or Trinidad bat cave cockroach
# '' Eublaberus fernandoi'' Lopes & de Oliveira 2000
# '' Eublaberus immaculus'' (Saussure & Zehntner 1894)
# '' Eublaberus marajoara'' Rocha e Silva 1972
# '' Eublaberus posticus'' (Erichson, 1848): The orange-headed cockroach
# '' Eublaberus serranus'' Lopes, Oliveira & Khouri, 2015
# '' Eublaberus sulzeri'' (Guérin-Méneville 1857)
# '' Eublaberus variegata'' Rocha e Silva 1972
''E. distanti'' and ''E. posticus'' are primarily cave-dwelling cockroaches of Central and South America.
]
References
External links
Eublaberus species comparison
with photographs, from a public internet forum
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Cockroach genera
Blaberidae