''Eublaberus'' is a genus of cockroaches closely related to ''
Blaberus''. Among the differences are proportionately somewhat shorter, stouter limbs, a broad blackish bar on the caudal margin (rear) of the
pronotum
The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs. Its principal sclerites (exoskeletal plates) are the pronotum (dorsal), the prosternum (ventral), and the propleuron (lateral) on ea ...
, and angulation on the lateral margins (sides) of the pronotum.
The genus contains the following species:
[
* '' Eublaberus argentinus'' Hebard 1921
* '' Eublaberus distanti'' (Kirby, W. F. 1903): The six spotted cockroach or Trinidad bat cave cockroach
* '' Eublaberus fernandoi'' Lopes & de Oliveira 2000
* '' Eublaberus immaculus'' (Saussure & Zehntner 1894)
* '' Eublaberus marajoara'' Rocha e Silva 1972
* '' Eublaberus posticus'' (Erichson, 1848): The orange-headed cockroach
* '' Eublaberus sulzeri'' (Guérin-Méneville 1857)
* '' Eublaberus variegata'' Rocha e Silva 1972
''E. distanti'' and ''E. posticus'' are primarily cave-dwelling cockroaches of Central and South America.
]
References
External links
Eublaberus species comparison
with photographs, from a public internet forum
Cockroach genera
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