Lucihormetica

Lucihormetica is a South American genus of giant cockroaches from the family Blaberidae, collectively referred to as glowspot cockroaches.[1][2] It has been anecdotally reported that the thoracic spots of males are bioluminescent, but detailed research has been unable to conclusively prove this,[3][4] although evidence for autofluorescence exists.[5] 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]

Lucihormetica
Lucihormetica luckae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Blattodea
Family:
Blaberidae
Subfamily:
Blaberinae
Genus:
Lucihormetica
Species

See text

Species

12 species:[2]

  • Lucihormetica amazonica
  • Lucihormetica cerdai
  • Lucihormetica fenestrata
  • Lucihormetica grossei
  • Lucihormetica interna
  • Lucihormetica luckae
  • Lucihormetica osunai
  • Lucihormetica seabrai
  • Lucihormetica subcincta
  • Lucihormetica tapurucuara
  • Lucihormetica verrucosa
  • Lucihormetica zomproi

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.
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