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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Cockroaches and Termites (Blattodea) » Blaberoidea » Ectobiidae » Pseudophyllodromiinae » Cariblatta » Least Yellow Cockroach (Cariblatta minima)
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Cariblatta lutea - Cariblatta minima
Copyright © 2021 John Lampkin

Cariblatta lutea - Cariblatta minima
Terra Ceia Preserve State Park, Manatee County, Florida, USA
February 1, 2021
Size: 7 mm
Gathered from wood debris in coastal uplands meadow

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Contributed by John Lampkin on 2 February, 2021 - 7:13pm
Last updated 4 February, 2021 - 12:15am

Actually looks like C.minima to me.
Moved from Small Yellow Cockroach.
… Hisserdude, 4 February, 2021 - 12:15am login or register to post comments

 
You have bred both...
...so what are the salient field marks?
BG has scant info but other references treat C. lutea as having two subspecies, C. lutea lutea and C. lutea minima. So C. lutea seemed like the safe appropriate taxonomic slot. Are they now considered full species?
… John Lampkin, 4 February, 2021 - 3:18am login or register to post comments

 
They are both valid species now...
C.minima was restored to species status some time ago, though some websites might not have updated that info yet.

C.minima typically have darker abdomens, a broader pronotum and body shape in general, and shorter tegmina than C.lutea. The patterning is a bit different between the two as well, kind of hard to explain since their patterning is so ornate though. Helps to have had experience breeding both for a couple years. 😅
… Hisserdude, 4 February, 2021 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

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