Biology:Nocticolidae
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Short description: Family of cockroaches
| Nocticolidae | |
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| Spelaeoblatta gestroi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Superfamily: | Corydioidea |
| Family: | Nocticolidae |
Nocticolidae is a small family in the order Blattodea (cockroaches). It consists of only 32 known species in 9 genera. They are found in Africa, Asia and Australia . Most live in cave habitats, although a few are associated with termites. Cave adapted species are known from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber, making them the oldest extant cavernicolous organisms.[1]
Genera
The family includes the following genera:
- Alluaudellina Chopard, 1932
- Cardacopsis Karny, 1924
- Cardacus Strand, 1928
- Metanocticola Roth, 1999
- Nocticola Bolívar, 1892
- Pholeosilpha Chopard, 1958
- Spelaeoblatta Bolívar, 1897
- Typhloblatta Chopard, 1924
- Typhloblattodes Chopard, 1946
- Crenocticola[2] Li and Huang, 2019 Burmese amber, Cenomanian
- Mulleriblattina[1] Sendi et al, 2020 Burmese amber, Cenomanian
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sendi, Hemen; Vršanský, Peter; Podstrelená, Lenka; Hinkelman, Jan; Kúdelová, Tatiana; Kúdela, Matúš; Vidlička, Ľubomír; Ren, Xiaoyin et al. (February 2020). "Nocticolid cockroaches are the only known dinosaur age cave survivors" (in en). Gondwana Research 82: 288–298. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2020.01.002.
- ↑ Li, Xin-Ran; Huang, Diying (February 2020). "A new mid-Cretaceous cockroach of stem Nocticolidae and reestimating the age of Corydioidea (Dictyoptera: Blattodea)". Cretaceous Research 106: 104202. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104202. ISSN 0195-6671.
Wikidata ☰ Q115223 entry
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