Rhicnoda ( lat. , from other Greek ῥικνώδης "wrinkled" ) - a genus of insects from the family of the Blaberidae cockroach order. The range of the genus covers Southeast Asia .
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 Sarawak cockroach ( Rhicnoda natatrix ) | ||||||||||||
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| Rhicnoda Brunner von Wattenwyl , 1865 |
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There are 4 species in the genus Rhicnoda :
- Rhicnoda desidiosa Rehn , 1904 - Southeast Asia ( Thailand );
- Rhicnoda natatrix Shelford , 1907 - Sarawak cockroach [1] , lives in the tropical forests of the island of Kalimantan ( Malay archipelago ). Larvae of this species hide under fallen leaves along the edges of small forest ponds (puddles, backwaters, streams). They know how to swim and when in danger rush to the water and dive to the bottom of the reservoir [1] ;
- Rhicnoda rugosa Brunner von Wattenwyl , 1865 - Burma , Kalimantan , Sumatra , Java , Halmahera and Mentawai Islands (Malay archipelago);
- Rhicnoda spinulosa Brunner von Wattenwyl , 1893 - Java Island (Malay Archipelago).
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Animal life. Volume 3. Arthropods: trilobites, chelicerae, tracheal breathing. Onychophors / ed. M.S. Gilyarova , F.N. Pravdina, Ch. ed. V. E. Sokolov . - 2nd ed. - M .: Education, 1984. - S. 161. - 463 p.
Links
- Beccaloni, GW 2007. Genus Rhicnoda Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 . Blattodea Species File Online. Version 5.0 / 5.0.