Lucihormetica

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]

Lucihormetica
Lucihormetica luckae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Blattodea
Family:	Blaberidae
Subfamily:	Blaberinae
Genus:	Lucihormetica Zompro & Fritzsche, 1999
Species
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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