Eublaberus

Eublaberus is a genus of cockroaches closely related to Blaberus. Among the differences are proportionately somewhat shorter, stouter limbs, a broad blackish bar on the caudal margin (rear) of the pronotum, and angulation on the lateral margins (sides) of the pronotum.[2]

Eublaberus
Eublaberus distanti, the genus type species[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Blattodea
Family:
Blaberidae
Genus:
Eublaberus
Species

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The genus contains the following species:[1]

  • Eublaberus argentinus Hebard 1921
  • Eublaberus distanti (Kirby, W. F. 1903): The six spotted cockroach or Trinidad bat cave cockroach
  • Eublaberus fernandoi Lopes & de Oliveira 2000
  • Eublaberus immaculus (Saussure & Zehntner 1894)
  • Eublaberus marajoara Rocha e Silva 1972
  • Eublaberus posticus (Erichson, 1848): The orange-headed cockroach
  • Eublaberus sulzeri (Guérin-Méneville 1857)
  • Eublaberus variegata Rocha e Silva 1972

E. distanti and E. posticus are primarily cave-dwelling cockroaches of Central and South America.

References
  1. Beccaloni, GW (2007). "Genus Eublaberus Hebard, 1920". Blattodea Species File Online. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  2. Hebard, Morgan (1919). The Blattidae of Panama. Philadelphia: American Entomological Society. pp. 116–117.


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