Biology:Lucihormetica

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Lucihormetica is a South American genus of giant cockroaches from the family Blaberidae, collectively referred to as glowspot cockroaches.[1][2][3] It had been anecdotally reported that the thoracic spots of males are bioluminescent, but detailed research has conclusively demonstrated otherwise,[4][5] although autofluorescence has been documented, such that the spots will glow when exposed to ultraviolet light.[6][7] The genus includes both relatively common and rare species: For example, L. verrucosa is 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.[3]

Species

The Cockroach Species File[1] lists:

  1. Lucihormetica amazonica (Rocha e Silva, 1987)
  2. Lucihormetica cerdai (Ramirez-Pérez, 1992)
  3. Lucihormetica fenestrata Zompro & Fritzsche, 1999 - type species
  4. Lucihormetica grossei Fritzsche, 2003
  5. Lucihormetica interna (Walker, 1868)
  6. Lucihormetica luckae Vršanský, Fritzsche & Chorvát, 2012[3]
  7. Lucihormetica osunai (Ramirez-Pérez, 1992)
  8. Lucihormetica seabrai (Rocha e Silva, 1987)
  9. Lucihormetica subcincta (Walker, 1868)
  10. Lucihormetica tapurucuara (Rocha e Silva, 1979)
  11. Lucihormetica verrucosa (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865)
  12. Lucihormetica yasuniana Vidlicka, 2019
  13. Lucihormetica zomproi Fritzsche, 2008

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cockroach Species File: genus Lucihormetica Zompro & Fritzsche, 1999 (retrieved 22 January 2024)
  2. ↑ "Lucihormetica" (in en). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/544315-Lucihormetica. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Vršanský P. (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. 
  4. ↑ 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. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258845997. 
  5. ↑ 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. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237060004. 
  6. ↑ 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. 
  7. ↑ Beckert, Jana; Greven, Hartmut; Lunau, Klaus (2017). "UV-reflection and autofluorescence of the pronotal spots in the glowspot cockroach Lucihormetica verrucosa (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865) (Blattodea: Blaberidae) are affected by carotenoid diet.". Entomologie heute 29: 25-33. 
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