Speckled cockroach
| Speckled cockroach | |
|---|---|
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| Adult male Nauphoeta cinerea raised in captivity | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Blaberidae |
| Genus: | Nauphoeta |
| Species: | N. cinerea |
| Binomial name | |
| Nauphoeta cinerea (Olivier, 1789) | |
The speckled or lobster cockroach, Nauphoeta cinerea, is a circum-tropical species, originally from North-Eastern Africa, that has achieved a much wider distribution due to its association with man.[1]
Reproduction
The females of this species are capable of reproducing using parthenogenesis (that is, without males).[2]
In Captivity
This species breeds readily in captivity and is often used as livefood for other invertebrates such as tarantulas and praying mantids, as well as smaller lizards.
Man's uninvited fellow traveller. Edward Baker. figshare.http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.686178
References
- ↑ http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.686178 "Man's Uninvited Fellow Traveller: How Nauphoeta cinerea followed us around the world"
- ↑ Corley & Moore 2009 "Fitness of alternative modes of reproduction: developmental constraints and the evolutionary maintenance of sex" http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/266/1418/471.abstract
External links
- Nauphoeta cinerea in Blattodea SpeciesFile
- Black and white photographs of top view of N. cinerea male and female specimens, from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.