Blaberus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Blattodea

Familia: Blaberidae
Subfamilia: Blaberinae
Genus: Blaberus
Species (19): B. affinis – B. anisitsi – B. asellus – B. atropos – B. boliviensis – B. brasilianus – B. colosseus – B. craniifer – B. discoidalis – B. duckei – B. fusiformis – B. giganteus – B. latissimus – B. minor – B. matogrossensis – B. parabolicus – B. paulistanus – B. peruvianus – B. scutatus

[source: Blattodea Species File (Version 1.0/4.1)]
Name

Blaberus Audinet-Serville, 1831

Synonyms

Blabera
Libisoca
Sisapona

Primary references

Audinet-Serville 1831: Ann. Sci. Nat., 22 (85), 37.

Blaberus is a genus of cockroaches generally found in South America. About 19 species are in the genus, and they are popular among hobbyists as feed for other arthropods (Blaberus discoidalis in particular serves this function) or as pets. Unlike several genera of cockroaches considered to be pests, this genus keeps its ootheca in its abdomen until the time it hatches. They generally require a relative humidity of 60% or higher to thrive and temperatures above 25 °C (28-30 °C is best) to reproduce.

Blaberus giganteus is one of the world's longest roaches. B. craniifer's popular name, "death's head roach" is often attributed to B. discoidalis, as well.

This genus contains these species:[1]

Blaberus affinis Jurberg, Albuquerque, Rebordoes, Goncalves & Felippe, 1977
Blaberus anisitsi Brancsik, 1898
Blaberus asellus (Thunberg, 1826)
Blaberus atropos (Stoll, 1813) (= "Blaberus fusca")
Blaberus boliviensis Princis, 1946
Blaberus brasilianus Saussure, 1864
Blaberus colosseus (Illiger, 1801)
Blaberus craniifer Burmeister, 1838
Blaberus discoidalis Serville, 1839
Blaberus duckei Jurberg, Albuquerque, Rebordoes, Goncalves & Felippe, 1977
Blaberus fusiformis Walker, 1868
Blaberus giganteus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Blaberus latissimus (Herbst, 1786)
Blaberus matogrossensis Rocha e Silva & Aguiar, 1977
Blaberus minor Saussure, 1864
Blaberus parabolicus Walker, 1868
Blaberus paulistanus Lopes & de Oliveira, 2000
Blaberus peruvianus Jurberg, Albuquerque, Rebordoes, Goncalves & Felippe, 1977
Blaberus scutatus Saussure & Zehntner, 1894

References

"Cockroach Species File". Archived from the original on 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2017-01-14.