Pycnoscelus indicus
| Pycnoscelus indicus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Blaberidae |
| Genus: | Pycnoscelus |
| Species: | P. indicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pycnoscelus indicus (Fabricius, 1775) | |
Pycnoscelus indicus is a species of burrowing cockroach in the genus Pycnoscelus, family Blaberidae.[1][2], which is native to South Asia, Southeast Asia, and parts of East Asia.
It is a bisexual relative of Pycnoscelus surinamensis, which reproduces parthenogenetically.[3]
History
[edit]Prior to 1967, it was considered the bisexual form of P. surinamensis, after a series of experiments, Roth confirmed that they represent a different species[4]
It is the sexual progenitor species of P. surinamensis[5], which reproduces solely by parthenogenesis, having evolved as a clonal, all female lineage. unlike in P. surinamensis, males of P. indicus are fertile.
It was described in 1775 by Fabricius.[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ Princis In Beier [Ed.] (1964) Blattariae: Subordo Blaberoidea: Fam.: Panchloridae, Gynopeltididae, Derocalymmidae, Perisphaeriidae, Pycnoscelididae. In: Orthopterorum Catalogus, W. Junk, s'Gravenhage (6).
- ↑ Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved April 17, 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Wang, Yi-Shu; Dong, Xiao-Jiao; Wang, Zong-Qing; Che, Yan-Li (2025-03-10). "Taxonomic update of Pycnoscelus Scudder, 1862 (Blattodea, Blaberidae, Pycnoscelinae), with descriptions of two new species from China". ZooKeys (1231). Pensoft Publishers: 45–67. Bibcode:2025ZooK.1231...45W. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1231.141287. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 11915013. PMID 40109894.
- ↑ Wang, Yi-Shu; Dong, Xiao-Jiao; Wang, Zong-Qing; Che, Yan-Li (2025-03-10). "Taxonomic update of Pycnoscelus Scudder, 1862 (Blattodea, Blaberidae, Pycnoscelinae), with descriptions of two new species from China". ZooKeys (1231). Pensoft Publishers: 45–67. Bibcode:2025ZooK.1231...45W. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1231.141287. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 11915013. PMID 40109894.
- ↑ Roth, Louis; Cohen, Samuel (1968-01-01). "Chromosomes of the Pycnoscelus Indicus and P. Surinamensis Complex (Blattaria: Blaberidae: Pycnoscelinae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 75: 53–76. doi:10.1155/1968/38048.
- ↑ BlattodeaSF: Blattodea Species File. Beccaloni G.W., 2010-04-28.