Nocticola Explained

Nocticola is a genus of cockroaches in the family Nocticolidae distributed in Africa, south-east Asia and Australia.^[1] Nocticola are different from every other cockroach in that they are not infected with Blattabacterium cuenoti. This makes them the only genus in Blattodea that do not have the bacteria.^[2]

Species

There are currently 25 known species:

• Nocticola adebratti
• Nocticola australiensis
• Nocticola babindaensis
• Nocticola bolivari
• Nocticola brooksi
• Nocticola caeca
• Nocticola clavata
• Nocticola cockingi^[3]
• Nocticola currani
• Nocticola decaryi
• Nocticola flabella
• Nocticola gerlachi: Gerlach's cockroach (endangered)
• Nocticola gonzalezi^[4]
• Nocticola jodarlingtonae
• Nocticola leleupi
• Nocticola pheromosa
• Nocticola quartermainei
• Nocticola remyi
• Nocticola rohini
• Nocticola scytala
• Nocticola simoni
• Nocticola sinensis
• Nocticola termitophila
• Nocticola uenoi
• Nocticola wliensis

Notes and References

1. http://cockroach.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1177741 Cockroach Species File (retrieved 26 January 2018)
2. Lo, N., Beninati, T., Stone, F., Walker, J., & Sacchi, L. (2007). Cockroaches that lack Blattabacterium endosymbionts: the phylogenetically divergent genus Nocticola. Biology Letters, 3(3), 327-330. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0614
3. TROTTER. ANDREW J.. McRAE. JANE M.. MAIN. DEAN C.. FINSTON. TERRIE L.. 2017-04-04. Speciation in fractured rock landforms: towards understanding the diversity of subterranean cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Nocticolidae: Nocticola) in Western Australia. Zootaxa. en. 4250. 2. 143–170. 10.11646/zootaxa.4250.2.2. 28610024. 1175-5334.
4. Lucanas. Cristian C.. Ireneo L. Lit Jr.. 2016-09-28. Cockroaches (Insecta, Blattodea) from caves of Polillo Island (Philippines), with description of a new species. Subterranean Biology. en. 19. 51–64. 10.3897/subtbiol.19.9804. 1314-2615. free.