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Nocticola

Genus of cockroaches From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nocticola
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Nocticola is a genus of cockroaches in the family Nocticolidae[1] distributed in Africa, south-east Asia and Australia.[2] Nocticola are different from every other cockroach in that they are not infected with Blattabacterium cuenoti. This makes them the only genus in Blattodea that do not have the bacteria.[3]

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Species

There are currently 25 known species:

  • Nocticola adebratti
  • Nocticola australiensis
  • Nocticola babindaensis
  • Nocticola bolivari
  • Nocticola brooksi
  • Nocticola caeca
  • Nocticola clavata
  • Nocticola cockingi[4]
  • Nocticola currani[4]
  • Nocticola decaryi
  • Nocticola flabella
  • Nocticola gerlachi: Gerlach's cockroach (endangered)
  • Nocticola gonzalezi[5]
  • Nocticola jodarlingtonae
  • Nocticola leleupi
  • Nocticola pheromosa
  • Nocticola quartermainei[4]
  • Nocticola remyi
  • Nocticola rohini
  • Nocticola scytala
  • Nocticola simoni
  • Nocticola sinensis
  • Nocticola termitophila
  • Nocticola uenoi
  • Nocticola wliensis
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