Princisia Explained
Princisia vanwaerebeki, commonly known as the vibrant hisser,[1] is a large, flightless species of hissing cockroach in the family Blaberidae, and the only member of the genus Princisia.[2] [3] It is endemic to southeastern Madagascar,[2] [3] and sometimes seen in the pet trade.[4]
It is named in honour of two people: Karlis Princis for the genus name and Daniel van Waerebek, a helminthologist in Antananarivo, for the specific (species) name.[3] [5] It is a very large species, growing between in length. Larger specimens are usually male.[4] Females usually live up to three years.[4] It is one of several species of cockroach sometimes infected by Blabericola migrator, a parasitic alveolate.[6]
Notes and References
- Web site: Vibrant Hisser . 2023-02-08 . capecodroaches.com.
- Web site: Species Princisia vanwaerebeki van Herrewege, 1973 . Cockroach Species File . 26 June 2023 .
- Van Herrewege . C. . 1973 . Contribution à l'étude des Blattaria de la faune malgache. I. Princisia, gen. nov., voisin de Gromphadorhina Brunner v. W. Description d'une espèce nouvelle . Publications de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon . 42-10 . 262–267 .
- Delfosse . E. . 2004 . Les blattes souffleuses de Madagascar . Insectes . 153 . 4 . 19–22 .
- Delfosse . Emmanuel . 2006 . Sur la taxinomie, la répartition et la biologie des Blattes souffleuses de Madagascar des genres Elliptorhina van Herrewege, 1973; Gromphadorina Brunner, 1865 et Princisia van Herrewege, 1973 (Insecta : Blattodea : Blaberidae) . On the taxonomy, distribution, and biology of the hissing cockroaches of Madagascar of the genera Elliptorhina van Herrewege, 1973; Gromphadorina Brunner, 1865 and Princisia van Herrewege, 1973 . Le Bulletin d'Arthropoda . fr . 30 . ResearchGate.
- Steele . Shelby M. . Clopton . Debra T. . Clopton . Richard E. . 2012 . Excystation Signals Do Not Isolate Gregarine Gene Pools: Experimental Excystation of Blabericola migrator Among 11 Species of Cockroaches . Journal of Parasitology . 98 . 5 . 946–950 . 10.1645/ge-3122.1 . 22540337 . 42831918 . 0022-3395.