Nocticola

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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
Superfamilia: Corydioidea

Familia: Nocticolidae
Genus: Nocticola
Species (24): N. adebratti – N. australiensis – N. babindaensis – N. bolivari – N. brooksi – N. caeca – N. clavata – N. cockingi – N. currani – N. decaryi – N. flabella – N. gerlachi – N. gonzalezi – N. jodarlingtonae – N. leleupi – N. quartermainei – N. remyi – N. rohini – N. scytala – N. simoni – N. sinensis – N. termitophila – N. uenoi – N. wliensis
Name

Nocticola Bolívar, 1892

Primary references

Bolivar 1892: Ann. Soc. ent. France, 61, 29.

References

Andersen,; Kjaerandsen, 1995: Three new species of Nocticola Bolivar from Ghana, West Africa (Blattaria: Nocticolidae). Journal of African zoology, 109: 377–385. [not seen]
Lucanus, C.C. & Lit, I.L. Jr. 2016. Cockroaches (Insecta, Blattodea) from caves of Polillo Island (Philippines), with description of a new species. Subterranean Biology, 19: 51–64. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.19.9804 Open access Reference page.
Roth, L.M. 1988: Some cavernicolous and epigean cockroaches with six new species, and a discussion of the Nocticolidae (Dictyoptera: Blattaria). Revue suisse de zoologie, 95(1): 297–321. [not seen]
Roth, L.M. 1991: A new cave-dwelling cockroach from Western Australia (Blattaria: Nocticolidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum, 15: 17–21. PDF
Roth, L.M. 1995: New species and records of cockroaches from Western Australia (Blattaria). Records of the Western Australian Museum, 17: 153–161. PDF
Roth, L.M. 2003: Some cockroaches from Africa and islands of the Indian Ocean, with descriptions of three new species (Blattaria). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 129: 163–182. [not seen]
Roth, L.M.; McGavin, G.C. 1994: Two new species of Nocticolidae (Dictyoptera: Blattaria) and a rediagnosis of the cavernicolous genus Spelaeoblatta Bolivar. Journal of natural history, 28: 1319–1326. DOI: 10.1080/00222939400770671
Trotter, A.J., McRae, J.M., Main, D. & Finston, T. 2017. Speciation in fractured rock landforms: towards understanding the diversity of subterranean cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Nocticolidae: Nocticola) in Western Australia. Zootaxa 4250(2): 143–170. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4250.2.2. Reference page.

Nocticola is a genus of cockroaches in the family Nocticolidae[1] distributed in Africa, south-east Asia and Australia.[2] Nocticola are different from every other cockroach in that they are not infected with Blattabacterium cuenoti. This makes them the only genus in Blattodea that do not have the bacteria.[3]
Species

There are currently 24 known species:

Nocticola adebratti
Nocticola australiensis
Nocticola babindaensis
Nocticola bolivari
Nocticola brooksi
Nocticola caeca
Nocticola clavata
Nocticola cockingi[4]
Nocticola currani[4]
Nocticola decaryi
Nocticola flabella
Nocticola gerlachi: Gerlach's cockroach (endangered)
Nocticola gonzalezi[5]
Nocticola jodarlingtonae
Nocticola leleupi
Nocticola quartermainei[4]
Nocticola remyi
Nocticola rohini
Nocticola scytala
Nocticola simoni
Nocticola sinensis
Nocticola termitophila
Nocticola uenoi
Nocticola wliensis

References

Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
Cockroach Species File (retrieved 26 January 2018)
Lo, N., Beninati, T., Stone, F., Walker, J., & Sacchi, L. (2007). Cockroaches that lack Blattabacterium endosymbionts: the phylogenetically divergent genus Nocticola. Biology Letters, 3(3), 327-330. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0614
TROTTER, ANDREW J.; McRAE, JANE M.; MAIN, DEAN C.; FINSTON, TERRIE L. (2017-04-04). "Speciation in fractured rock landforms: towards understanding the diversity of subterranean cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Nocticolidae: Nocticola) in Western Australia". Zootaxa. 4250 (2): 143–170. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4250.2.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 28610024.
Lucanas, Cristian C.; Ireneo L. Lit Jr. (2016-09-28). "Cockroaches (Insecta, Blattodea) from caves of Polillo Island (Philippines), with description of a new species". Subterranean Biology. 19: 51–64. doi:10.3897/subtbiol.19.9804. ISSN 1314-2615.