Biology:Latindia

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Short description: Genus of cockroaches

Latindia
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Latindia mexicanus, México
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Corydiidae
Subfamily: Latindiinae
Genus: Latindia
Stål, 1860

Latindia is a genus of cockroaches in the family Corydiidae. There are about nine described species in Latindia. [1]

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Latindia:

  • Latindia castanea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (Caribbean)
  • Latindia catharinensis Rocha e Silva, 1971 (Brazil)
  • Latindia dohrniana Saussure & Zehntner, 1894 (Central and South America)
  • Latindia inca Saussure & Zehntner, 1894 (Peru)
  • Latindia maurella Stål, 1860 (Brazil)
  • Latindia mexicanus Saussure, 1868 (Mexico)
  • Latindia pectinata Rehn, 1937 (Brazil)
  • Latindia pusilla Saussure & Zehntner, 1894 (Peru)
  • Latindia signata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 (Brazil)

Research in 2022 has placed the species Latindia mexicanus in the genus Compsodes, although this is not yet widely accepted.[2]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.W. (2020). "Cockroach species file online, Version 5.0". http://cockroach.speciesfile.org/. 
  2. Estrada-Álvarez, Julio C.; de Luna, Manuel; García-Barrios, Roberto; Sormani-Hernández, Carlo Gilbert (2022). "Synopsis of the cockroach family Corydiidae (Blattodea: Corydioidea) in North America, with an identification key to subfamilies and genera, and taxonomic changes". Acta Zoológica Mexicana (38). doi:10.21829/azm.2022.3812529. 

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