Lucihormetica

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: Lucihormetica
Species (12): L. amazonica – L. cerdai – L. fenestrata – L. grossei – L. interna – L. luckae – L. osunai – L. seabrai – L. subcincta – L. tapurucuara – L. verrucosa – L. zomproi

[source: Blattodea Species File (Version 1.0/4.1), plus (1) L. luckae
]
Name

Lucihormetica Zompro & Fritzsche, 1999

Lucihormetica luckae

Primary references

Zompro, O.; Fritzsche, I. 1999: Lucihormetica fenestrata n. gen., n., sp., the first record of luminescence in an orthopteroid insect (Dictyoptera: Blaberidae: Blaberinae: Brachycolini). Amazoniana 15(3-4): 211-219. [not seen] Reference page.

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]
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

Uniport Taxonomy
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.
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.
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.
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.