Eublaberus

Eublaberus
Eublaberus distanti, the genus type species
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Blaberidae
Subfamily: Blaberinae
Genus: Eublaberus
Hebard, 1920
Species

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Eublaberus is a genus of South American cockroaches in the subfamily Blaberinae, identified by Morgan Hebard 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, and angulation on the lateral margins (sides) of the pronotum.

Species

The Cockroach Species File lists:

  1. Eublaberus argentinus Hebard 1921
  2. Eublaberus distanti (Kirby, W. F. 1903): The six spotted cockroach or Trinidad bat cave cockroach
  3. Eublaberus fernandoi Lopes & de Oliveira 2000
  4. Eublaberus immaculus (Saussure & Zehntner 1894)
  5. Eublaberus marajoara Rocha e Silva 1972
  6. Eublaberus posticus (Erichson, 1848): The orange-headed cockroach
  7. Eublaberus serranus Lopes, Oliveira & Khouri, 2015
  8. Eublaberus sulzeri (Guérin-Méneville 1857)
  9. Eublaberus variegata Rocha e Silva 1972

E. distanti and E. posticus are primarily cave-dwelling cockroaches of Central and South America.

References

  1. 1 2 Beccaloni, GW (2007). "Genus Eublaberus Hebard, 1920". Cockroach Species File. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  2. ↑ Hebard, Morgan (1919). The Blattidae of Panama. Philadelphia: American Entomological Society. pp. 116–117.