Megaloblatta

Megaloblatta
	Megaloblatta longipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Blattodea
Superfamily:	Blaberoidea
Family:	Ectobiidae
Subfamily:	Nyctiborinae
Genus:	Megaloblatta; Dohrn, 1887
Species
	Megaloblatta blaberoides; Megaloblatta insignis; Megaloblatta longipennis (Walker, 1868); Megaloblatta regina;

Megaloblatta is a genus of cockroaches in the family Ectobiidae. It includes the largest living species of cockroach, Megaloblatta longipennis, which can grow to 9.7 centimetres (3.8 in) in length and have a wingspan of up to 20 centimetres (7.9 in).^[1]^[2]

The Megalobatta, like many other insects, use stridulation in order to steer their pray away ^[3]. The stridulating insects are less likely to be preyed upon in comparison to individuals of the species with an inability to stridulate ^[4].

Range

Megaloblatta are found in Mexico^[5], Costa Rica^[6], Panama, Nicaragua^[7], Peru^[8], Colombia^[9], and Ecuador^[10].

References

^ "Largest cockroach". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
^ Alpert, Gary; Frye, Matthew (2014). "Bugs in Strange Places: The Brown-banded Cockroach" (PDF). NYS IPM Type: Community IPM Fact Sheet. New York State IPM Program.
^ Bell, W., Fraser, J., Schal, C. (1981). Disturbance stridulation and chemical defense in nymphs of the tropical cockroach Megaloblatta blaberoides. Journal of Insect Physiology, 28(6), 541-552. Retrieved July 2, 2020, from https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-1910(82)90035-X.
^ Masters, W. (1979). Insect Disturbance Stridulation: Its Defensive Role. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 5(2), 187-200. Retrieved July 2, 2020, from www.jstor.org/stable/4599228.
^ Estrada-Álvarez, Julio C. (December 2012). "Primer registro de Megaloblatta Dohrn, 1887 (Dictyoptera: Ectobiidae: Nyctiborinae) para México". Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa. 51: 349–350.
^ "Alianza SIDALC". www.sidalc.net. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
^ http://cockroach.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1175853
^ http://cockroach.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1175856
^ VÉLEZ, ANDRÉS; Wolff, Marta; GUTIÉRREZ, Esteban (2006). "Blattaria of Colombia: List and distribution of genera" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1210. Magnolia Press: 39–52.
^ VIDLIČKA, ĽUBOMÍR (2013). "Cockroaches (Blattaria) of Ecuador—checklist and history of research" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3599 (5). Magnolia Press: 401–455.

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[1] "Largest cockroach". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2019-05-04.

[2] Alpert, Gary; Frye, Matthew (2014). "Bugs in Strange Places: The Brown-banded Cockroach" (PDF). NYS IPM Type: Community IPM Fact Sheet. New York State IPM Program.

[3] Bell, W., Fraser, J., Schal, C. (1981). Disturbance stridulation and chemical defense in nymphs of the tropical cockroach Megaloblatta blaberoides. Journal of Insect Physiology, 28(6), 541-552. Retrieved July 2, 2020, from https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-1910(82)90035-X.

[4] Masters, W. (1979). Insect Disturbance Stridulation: Its Defensive Role. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 5(2), 187-200. Retrieved July 2, 2020, from www.jstor.org/stable/4599228.

[5] Estrada-Álvarez, Julio C. (December 2012). "Primer registro de Megaloblatta Dohrn, 1887 (Dictyoptera: Ectobiidae: Nyctiborinae) para México". Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa. 51: 349–350.

[6] "Alianza SIDALC". www.sidalc.net. Retrieved 2019-05-04.

[7] ttp://cockroach.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1175853

[8] ttp://cockroach.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1175856

[9] VÉLEZ, ANDRÉS; Wolff, Marta; GUTIÉRREZ, Esteban (2006). "Blattaria of Colombia: List and distribution of genera" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1210. Magnolia Press: 39–52.

[10] VIDLIČKA, ĽUBOMÍR (2013). "Cockroaches (Blattaria) of Ecuador—checklist and history of research" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3599 (5). Magnolia Press: 401–455.

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