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Cryptocercus
''Cryptocercus'' is a genus of Dictyoptera (cockroaches and allies) and the sole member of its own family Cryptocercidae. Species are known as wood roaches or brown-hooded cockroaches. These roaches are subsocial, their young requiring considerable parental interaction. They also share wood-digesting gut bacteria types with wood-eating termites, and are therefore seen as evidence of a close genetic relationship, that termites are essentially evolved from social cockroaches. ''Cryptocercus'' is especially notable for sharing numerous characteristics with termites, and phylogenetic studies have shown this genus is more closely related to termites than it is to other cockroaches. These two lineages probably shared a common ancestor in the early Cretaceous. Species Found in North America and (especially temperate) Asia, there are 12 known species: * ''Cryptocercus clevelandi'' Byers, 1997 * ''Cryptocercus darwini'' Burnside, Smith, Kambhampati, 1999 * ''Cryptocercus garciai'' Burnsid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cryptocercus Punctulatus
''Cryptocercus punctulatus'', known generally as brown-hooded cockroach, is a species of cockroach in the family Cryptocercidae. Other common names include the woodroach, wingless wood roach, and eastern wood-eating cockroach. It is found in North America. Geographical distribution ''C. punctulatus'' are distributed within the eastern United States of America, concentrated within the Appalachian Mountains of western Virginia and Pennsylvania. They share this habitat with three other closely related congeneric species, '' C. darwini'', ''C.'' ''garciai'', and '' C. wrighti,'' although no sympatry has been documented among the species. They inhabit temperate forests within the Appalachian Mountain Range and Allegheny Mountains in either deciduous forests or forests mixed with both deciduous and coniferous trees. They are predominantly found in elevations greater than 400 meters above sea level. ''C. punctulatus'' can be found in western Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cryptocercus Hirtus
''Cryptocercus'' is a genus of Dictyoptera (cockroaches and allies) and the sole member of its own family Cryptocercidae. Species are known as wood roaches or brown-hooded cockroaches. These roaches are subsocial, their young requiring considerable parental interaction. They also share wood-digesting gut bacteria types with wood-eating termites, and are therefore seen as evidence of a close genetic relationship, that termites are essentially evolved from social cockroaches. ''Cryptocercus'' is especially notable for sharing numerous characteristics with termites, and phylogenetic studies have shown this genus is more closely related to termites than it is to other cockroaches. These two lineages probably shared a common ancestor in the early Cretaceous. Species Found in North America and (especially temperate) Asia, there are 12 known species: * '' Cryptocercus clevelandi'' Byers, 1997 * '' Cryptocercus darwini'' Burnside, Smith, Kambhampati, 1999 * '' Cryptocercus garciai'' Burn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Termites
Termites are a group of detritophagous eusocial cockroaches which consume a variety of decaying plant material, generally in the form of wood, leaf litter, and soil humus. They are distinguished by their moniliform antennae and the soft-bodied, unpigmented worker caste for which they have been commonly termed "white ants"; however, they are not ants but highly derived cockroaches. About 2,997 extant species are currently described, 2,125 of which are members of the family Termitidae. Termites comprise the infraorder Isoptera, or alternatively the epifamily Termitoidae, within the order Blattodea (the cockroaches). Termites were once classified in a separate order from cockroaches, but recent phylogenetic studies indicate that they evolved from cockroaches, as they are deeply nested within the group, and the sister group to wood-eating cockroaches of the genus '' Cryptocercus''. Previous estimates suggested the divergence took place during the Jurassic or Triassic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cryptocercus Wrighti
''Cryptocercus wrighti'' is a species of cockroach in the family Cryptocercidae ''Cryptocercus'' is a genus of Dictyoptera (cockroaches and allies) and the sole member of its own family Cryptocercidae. Species are known as wood roaches or brown-hooded cockroaches. These roaches are subsocial, their young requiring consider .... It is found in North America. References Further reading * * Cockroaches Articles created by Qbugbot Insects described in 1999 {{cockroach-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cryptocercus Darwini
''Cryptocercus darwini'' is a species of cockroach in the family Cryptocercidae ''Cryptocercus'' is a genus of Dictyoptera (cockroaches and allies) and the sole member of its own family Cryptocercidae. Species are known as wood roaches or brown-hooded cockroaches. These roaches are subsocial, their young requiring consider .... It is found in North America. References Further reading * * Cockroaches Articles created by Qbugbot Insects described in 1999 {{cockroach-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cryptocercus Clevelandi
''Cryptocercus clevelandi'' is a species of cockroach in the family Cryptocercidae ''Cryptocercus'' is a genus of Dictyoptera (cockroaches and allies) and the sole member of its own family Cryptocercidae. Species are known as wood roaches or brown-hooded cockroaches. These roaches are subsocial, their young requiring consider .... It is found in North America. References Further reading * Cockroaches Articles created by Qbugbot Insects described in 1997 {{cockroach-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
