Megaloblatta Explained
Megaloblatta is a genus of Neotropical cockroaches in the family Ectobiidae. Species in this genus are long and can have a wingspan of up to ; the world's largest cockroach by length and wingspan is M. longipennis.[1] [2]
Megaloblatta, like many other insects, use stridulation in order to steer their predators 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
The four Megaloblatta species have separate distributions: M. blaberoides ranges from southern Mexico, through Central America to Colombia and Ecuador; M. insignis is restricted to French Guiana and Suriname; M. longipennis is restricted to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru (although sometimes reported from Panama, this is based on misidentifications of M. blaberoides); and M. regina is from Amazonian Ecuador and Brazil.[5] [6] [7] [8]
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References
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Notes and References
- Web site: Largest cockroach. Guinness World Records. en-GB. 2019-05-04.
- Alpert. Gary. Frye. Matthew. 2014. Bugs in Strange Places: The Brown-banded Cockroach. NYS IPM Type: Community IPM Fact Sheet. New York State IPM Program.
- [William J. Bell (entomologist)|Bell, W.]
- 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.
- 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.
- VIDLIČKA. ĽUBOMÍR. 2013. Cockroaches (Blattaria) of Ecuador—checklist and history of research. Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. 3599. 5. 401–455. 10.11646/zootaxa.3599.5.1. 24613997.
- Salazar-E . J.A. . Maláver . J.C.R. . 2012 . Relación e ilustración de algunas especies de Nyctiborinae de Colombia y Costa Rica (Insecta, Blattodea, Ectobiidae) . Bol. Cient. Mus. Hist. Nat. Univ. Caldas . 16. 2 .
- Web site: Genus Megaloblatta Dohrn, 1887 . Cockroach Species File . 26 June 2023 .
