Family NOCTICOLIDAE Bolívar, 1892

Nocticolidae

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Regional Maps

• Nocticolidae Bolívar, I. 1892. Orthoptères. pp. 29-34 in Raffray, A., Bolívar, I. & Simon, E. Étude sur les Arthropodes cavernicoles de l'île de Luzon (Voyage de M. E. Simon aux iles Philippines, Mars et Avril 1890, 4e Mémoire). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 61: 27-52, pl. 1-2 [33] [priority for family-group names based on Nocticola dates from Nocticolinae Bolívar. First use as Nocticolidae by Bruner, 1915].

Introduction

The Nocticolidae are known from six small delicate species that live either in caves or termite nests. The eyes of the cave-dwelling species are absent or reduced and the legs are extraordinarily long. Roth (1988) described two species from Queensland and three from Western Australia (Roth 1991, 1995), and also mentionaed one undescribed species from Western Australia.

General References

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: 297-321

Roth, L.M. 1991. A new cave-dwelling cockroach from Western Australia (Blattaria: Nocticolidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15: 17-21

Roth, L.M. 1995. New species and records of cockroaches from Western Australia (Blattaria). Records of the Western Australian Museum 17: 153-161

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