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Blaberidae

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Giant cockroaches, or blaberids (family Blaberidae) are the second-largest cockroach family by number of species.[1]

Description

Elliptorhina javanica with an ootheca
Gromphadorhina portentosa giving live birth

They are the only ovoviviparous cockroach family. [2][3] The ootheca is seen very briefly before being retracted into the body, where soon after the young nymphs hatch inside, the female gives live birth. The cerci are smaller compared to other families, and most of the time are covered by wings. [4] They're mostly found in caves, rotting logs or buried under leaf litter. Many are often kept as pets or as feeder insects, such as Blaberus, Gromphadorhina or Macropanesthia.

Notable species

Notable species within this family include:

Genera

This family contains over 1,200 species within 135 genera and 12 subfamilies. [5]

Taxonomy note

Among the genera of uncertain subfamily, Eustegasta and Isoniscus have been removed from subfamily Perisphaerinae.

References

  1. ^ Beccaloni, George; Eggleton, Paul (2013-08-30). "Order Blattodea. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013)". Zootaxa. 3703 (1): 46. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.10. ISSN 1175-5334.
  2. ^ "Ovoviviparity - Cockroach Species". 2 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Blaberidae | insect family | Britannica".
  4. ^ For the Love of Cockroaches: Husbandry, Biology, and History of Pet and Feeder Blattodea
  5. ^ "family Blaberidae Saussure, 1864: Cockroach Species File". cockroach.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  6. ^ Perisphaerinae Brunner von Wattenwyl and Hyposphaeria Lucas are valid names concealed by the unavailable names Perisphaeriinae and Perisphaeria Burmeister (Blattodea, Blaberidae)
  7. ^ De Oliveira Cardoso Da Silva, Leonardo; Lopes, Sonia Maria (2018). "Six new species of Poeciloderrhis from Brazil (Blattaria: Blaberidae) with a new record and a new combination". Zoologia. 35: 1–10. doi:10.3897/zoologia.35.e12483. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

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Blaberidae: Brief Summary

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Giant cockroaches, or blaberids (family Blaberidae) are the second-largest cockroach family by number of species.

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