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Genus of cockroaches

Lucihormetica
Lucihormetica luckae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Blaberidae
Subfamily: Blaberinae
Genus: Lucihormetica
Zompro & Fritzsche, 1999
Species

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Lucihormetica is a South American genus of giant cockroaches from the family Blaberidae, collectively referred to as glowspot cockroaches. It had been anecdotally reported that the thoracic spots of males are bioluminescent, but detailed research has conclusively demonstrated otherwise, although autofluorescence has been documented, such that the spots will glow when exposed to ultraviolet light. The genus includes both relatively common and rare species: For example, L. verrucosa is relatively common and sometimes kept in captivity, while eight of the remaining species (as well as an additional undescribed species) only are known from a single specimen each.

Species

The Cockroach Species File lists:

  1. Lucihormetica amazonica (Rocha e Silva, 1987)
  2. Lucihormetica cerdai (Ramirez-Pérez, 1992)
  3. Lucihormetica fenestrata Zompro & Fritzsche, 1999 - type species
  4. Lucihormetica grossei Fritzsche, 2003
  5. Lucihormetica interna (Walker, 1868)
  6. Lucihormetica osunai (Ramirez-Pérez, 1992)
  7. Lucihormetica seabrai (Rocha e Silva, 1987)
  8. Lucihormetica subcincta (Walker, 1868)
  9. Lucihormetica tapurucuara (Rocha e Silva, 1979)
  10. Lucihormetica verrucosa (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865)
  11. Lucihormetica yasuniana Vidlicka, 2019
  12. Lucihormetica zomproi Fritzsche, 2008

In addition, the following species has been reported by Vrsansky et al.

References

  1. Uniport Taxonomy
  2. ^ Vršanský P.; et al. (2012). "Light-mimicking cockroaches indicate Tertiary origin of recent terrestrial luminescence". Naturwissenschaften. 99 (9): 739–749. doi:10.1007/s00114-012-0956-7. PMID 22864963.
  3. Greven, Hartmut; Zwanzig, Nadine (2013). "Courtship, mating, and organisation of the pronotum in the glowspot cockroach Lucihormetica verrucosa (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865) (Blattodea: Blaberidae)". Entomologie Heute. 25: 77–97.
  4. Merritt, David J. (2013). "Standards of evidence for bioluminescence in cockroaches". Naturwissenschaften. 100 (7): 697–698. doi:10.1007/s00114-013-1067-9. PMID 23740173.
  5. Vršanský, Peter; Chorvát, Dušan (2013). "Luminescent system of Lucihormetica luckae supported by fluorescence lifetime imaging". Naturwissenschaften. 100 (11): 1099–1101. doi:10.1007/s00114-013-1100-z. PMID 24189980.
  6. Beckert, Jana & Greven, Hartmut & Lunau, Klaus. (2017). UV-reflection and autofluorescence of the pronotal spots in the glowspot cockroach Lucihormetica verrucosa (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865) (Blattodea: Blaberidae) are affected by carotenoid diet. Entomologie heute 29: 25-33.
  7. Cockroach Species File: genus Lucihormetica Zompro & Fritzsche, 1999 (retrieved 31 October 2023)
Taxon identifiers
Lucihormetica
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