Loboptera decipiens

Loboptera decipiens
Loboptera decipiens
Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta) Order : Cockroaches (Blattodea) Family : Ectobiidae Subfamily : Blattellinae Genre : Loboptera Type : Loboptera decipiens
Scientific name
Loboptera decipiens
( Germar , 1817)

Loboptera decipiens , dorsal view

Cockroach with ootheca and a hymenoptera sitting on it

Loboptera decipiens is a species of cockroach in the Ectobiidae family .

features

The cockroaches have a length of 10-15 mm. They have a black basic color. Legs and antennae are black. The femora and tibia are spiked. The cockroaches have a relatively wide white or yellowish side edge that extends from the thorax to the rear end of the body.

distribution

The species is distributed throughout the Mediterranean (including North Africa).

Way of life

The cockroaches can be found both during the day and at dusk. Loboptera decipiens is a phytophagous cockroach. It feeds on detritus , vegetable waste such as leaves lying on the ground. The females lay ootheca with 20 or more eggs.

Parasitoids

It has been observed in France that Syntomosphyrum ishnopterae , a species of ore wasp in the family Eulophidae , is a hyperparasite . This parasitizes Zeuxevania splendidula , a species of hunger wasp , in the oothecae of Loboptera decipiens .

Similar species

Loboptera canariensis , a related species, is also found in the western Mediterranean. This has a light side edge, which however only extends over the first three body segments.

Others

The cockroaches are commercially available and can be kept in terrariums.

Taxonomy

There are at least two subspecies:

• Loboptera decipiens decipiens ( Germar , 1817)
• Loboptera decipiens Nevadensis Bohn , 1991

The following synonyms can be found in the literature :

• Blatta decipiens Germar , 1817
• Blatta limbata ( Charpentier , 1825)
• Blatta marginata ( Risso , 1826)
• Loboptera kusnezovi ( Adelung , 1907)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Loboptera decipiens at fauna Europaea. Retrieved July 16, 2018
2. ↑ Biological Control of Cockroaches . University of California, Riverside. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
3. ↑ Loboptera decipiens . www.biolib.cz. Retrieved July 16, 2018.

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