Eublaberus is a genus of South American cockroaches in the subfamily Blaberinae, identified by Morgan Hebard in 1920.
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| Eublaberus distanti, the genus type species[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Blaberidae |
| Subfamily: | Blaberinae |
| Genus: | Eublaberus Hebard, 1920 |
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Description
editAmong the differences from the related genus Blaberus 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]
Species
editThe Cocroach Species File lists:[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 serranus Lopes, Oliveira & Khouri, 2015
- 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
edit- ^ a b Beccaloni, GW (2007). "Genus Eublaberus Hebard, 1920". Cocroach Species File. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ^ Hebard, Morgan (1919). The Blattidae of Panama. Philadelphia: American Entomological Society. pp. 116–117.
External links
edit- Eublaberus species comparison with photographs, from a public internet forum