Species Latiblattella lucifrons

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Remarks · Works Cited

Santa Ritan cockroach - Latiblattella lucifrons

Cockroach from the Gathering - Latiblattella lucifrons

Female, Latiblattella lucifrons? - Latiblattella lucifrons - female

Latiblattella lucifrons? - Latiblattella lucifrons

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Blattodea (Cockroaches and Termites)

Superfamily Blaberoidea

Family Ectobiidae

Subfamily Pseudophyllodromiinae

Genus Latiblattella

Species lucifrons (Latiblattella lucifrons)

Explanation of Names

Latiblattella lucifrons Hebard 1917

Identification

very similar to Cariblatta lutea, but their range do not overlap

can be separated from relatively similar Parcoblatta notha in having dark speckles scattered across the pronotum (P. notha lacks such spots)

Range

AZ & Mexico(1)

Remarks

sexually dimorphic (males macropterous, females brachypterous)

Works Cited

1.	Beccaloni G.W. (2007‒2023) Cockroach species file

Contributed by Alan Jeon on 4 October, 2014 - 8:27pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 6 June, 2017 - 5:01pm

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