Nocticola gerlachi

Nocticola gerlachi, or Gerlach's cockroach, is a species of cockroach in the family Nocticolidae. Nocticola gerlachi are found in the Seychelles, an archipelago off the African Coast.[1][2] The cockroach is brown in color with "whitish" legs. The species is named after Justin Gerlach, who discovered them.[2] Only male specimens have been collected. Females are unknown.

Nocticola gerlachi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Nocticolidae
Genus: Nocticola
Species:
N. gerlachi
Binomial name
Nocticola gerlachi
Roth, 2003

References

  1. Gerlach, J. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2012). "Nocticola gerlachi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T199508A2595807. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  2. Roth, Louis M. (2003). "Some cockroaches from Africa and islands of the Indian Ocean, with descriptions of three new species (Blattaria)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 129 (1): 163–182. ISSN 0002-8320. JSTOR 25078802.


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