Megaloblatta

Megaloblatta is a genus of cockroaches in the family Ectobiidae. It includes the largest living species of cockroach, Megaloblatta longipennis, which can grow to 9.7 centimetres (3.8 in) in length and have a wingspan of up to 20 centimetres (7.9 in).[1][2]

Megaloblatta
Megaloblatta longipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Blattodea
Superfamily:
Blaberoidea
Family:
Ectobiidae
Subfamily:
Nyctiborinae
Genus:
Megaloblatta

Dohrn, 1887
Species
  • Megaloblatta blaberoides
  • Megaloblatta insignis
  • Megaloblatta longipennis (Walker, 1868)
  • Megaloblatta regina

The Megalobatta, like many other insects, use stridulation in order to steer their prey away.[3] The stridulating insects are less likely to be preyed upon in comparison to individuals of the species with an inability to stridulate.[4]

Range

Megaloblatta are found in Mexico,[5] Costa Rica,[6] Panama, Nicaragua,[7] Peru,[8] Colombia,[9] and Ecuador.[10]

Megaloblatta longipennis in Costa Rica

See also

References
  1. "Largest cockroach". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
  2. Alpert, Gary; Frye, Matthew (2014). "Bugs in Strange Places: The Brown-banded Cockroach" (PDF). NYS IPM Type: Community IPM Fact Sheet. New York State IPM Program.
  3. Bell, W., Fraser, J., Schal, C. (1981). Disturbance stridulation and chemical defense in nymphs of the tropical cockroach Megaloblatta blaberoides. Journal of Insect Physiology, 28(6), 541-552. Retrieved July 2, 2020, from https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-1910(82)90035-X.
  4. Masters, W. (1979). Insect Disturbance Stridulation: Its Defensive Role. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 5(2), 187-200. Retrieved July 2, 2020, from www.jstor.org/stable/4599228.
  5. Estrada-Álvarez, Julio C. (December 2012). "Primer registro de Megaloblatta Dohrn, 1887 (Dictyoptera: Ectobiidae: Nyctiborinae) para México". Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa. 51: 349–350.
  6. "Alianza SIDALC". www.sidalc.net. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
  7. http://cockroach.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1175853
  8. http://cockroach.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1175856
  9. VÉLEZ, ANDRÉS; Wolff, Marta; GUTIÉRREZ, Esteban (2006). "Blattaria of Colombia: List and distribution of genera". Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. 1210: 39–52. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1210.1.3.
  10. VIDLIČKA, ĽUBOMÍR (2013). "Cockroaches (Blattaria) of Ecuador—checklist and history of research". Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. 3599 (5): 401–455. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3599.5.1. PMID 24613997.
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