Lucihormetica
| Lucihormetica | |
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| Lucihormetica luckae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Blaberidae |
| Subfamily: | Blaberinae |
| Genus: | Lucihormetica Zompro & Fritzsche, 1999 |
| Species | |
Lucihormetica is a South American genus of giant cockroaches from the family Blaberidae, collectively referred to as glowspot cockroaches.[1][2] It had been anecdotally reported that the thoracic spots of males are bioluminescent, but detailed research has conclusively demonstrated otherwise,[3][4] although autofluorescence has been documented, such that the spots will glow when exposed to ultraviolet light.[5][6] 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.[2]
Species
[edit]The Cockroach Species File[7] lists:
- Lucihormetica amazonica (Rocha e Silva, 1987)
- Lucihormetica cerdai (Ramirez-Pérez, 1992)
- Lucihormetica fenestrata Zompro & Fritzsche, 1999 - type species
- Lucihormetica grossei Fritzsche, 2003
- Lucihormetica interna (Walker, 1868)
- Lucihormetica osunai (Ramirez-Pérez, 1992)
- Lucihormetica seabrai (Rocha e Silva, 1987)
- Lucihormetica subcincta (Walker, 1868)
- Lucihormetica tapurucuara (Rocha e Silva, 1979)
- Lucihormetica verrucosa (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865)
- Lucihormetica yasuniana Vidlicka, 2019
- Lucihormetica zomproi Fritzsche, 2008
In addition, the following species has been reported by Vrsansky et al.
References
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- ^ Uniport Taxonomy
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Cockroach Species File: genus Lucihormetica Zompro & Fritzsche, 1999 (retrieved 31 October 2023)