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Nocticola

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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]

Species

There are currently 25 known species:

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. ^ a b c 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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Nocticola: Brief Summary

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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.

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