Lucihormetica
| Lucihormetica | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Blaberidae |
| Subfamily: | Blaberinae |
| Genus: | Lucihormetica |
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Lucihormetica is a South American genus of giant cockroaches from the family Blaberidae, collectively referred to as glowspot cockroaches.[1][2] It has been widely reported that their spots are bioluminescent. Recent reviews have been unable to conclusively prove this,[3][4] although evidence for autofluorescence exists.[5] The genus includes both relatively common and rare species: For example, L. verrucosa is relatively common and sometimes kept in captivity, while eight of the remaining species (as well as an additional undescribed species) only are known from a single specimen each.[2]
Species
12 species:[2]
- Lucihormetica amazonica
- Lucihormetica cerdai
- Lucihormetica fenestrata
- Lucihormetica grossei
- Lucihormetica interna
- Lucihormetica luckae
- Lucihormetica osunai
- Lucihormetica seabrai
- Lucihormetica subcincta
- Lucihormetica tapurucuara
- Lucihormetica verrucosa
- Lucihormetica zomproi
References
- ↑ Uniport Taxonomy
- 1 2 3 Vršanský, P. et al. 2012: Light-mimicking cockroaches indicate Tertiary origin of recent terrestrial luminescence. Naturwissenschaften, 99(9): 739-749. doi:10.1007/s00114-012-0956-7
- ↑ Greven, Hartmut; Zwanzig, Nadine (2013). "Courtship, Mating, and Organisation of the Pronotum in the Glowspot Cockroach Lucihormetica verrucosa (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865) (Blattodea: Blaberidae)". Entomologie heute. 25: 77–97.
- ↑ Merritt, David J. (2013). "Standards of evidence for bioluminescence in cockroaches". Naturwissenschaften. 100 (7): 697–698. doi:10.1007/s00114-013-1067-9.
- ↑ Vršanský, Peter; Chorvát, Dušan (2013). "Luminescent system of Lucihormetica luckae supported by fluorescence lifetime imaging". Naturwissenschaften. 100 (11): 1099–1101. doi:10.1007/s00114-013-1100-z.
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