Holocompsa

Holocompsa is a genus of hairy sand cockroaches in the family Corydiidae. It is the only genus in the subfamily Holocompsinae.[1]

Holocompsa
Holocompsa azteca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Corydiidae
Genus: Holocompsa
Burmeister, 1838

Distribution

Eight of 11 species of the genus Holocompsa are found in the Americas; two species are found in Asia, H. debilis and H. zhangi; and one species is found in Africa, H. pusilla.[2]

Species

The following species have been described:[3][2]

  • Holocompsa azteca (Saussure, 1862)
  • Holocompsa binotata (Saussure & Zehntner, 1894)
  • Holocompsa cyanea (Burmeister, 1838)
  • Holocompsa debilis (Walker, 1868)
  • Holocompsa nitidula (Fabricius, 1781)
  • Holocompsa panamae (Hebard, 1920)
  • Holocompsa pusilla (Bolívar, 1924)
  • Holocompsa scotaea (Hebard, 1922)
  • Holocompsa tolteca (Saussure & Zehntner, 1894)
  • Holocompsa zapoteca (Saussure & Zehntner, 1894)
  • Holocompsa zhangi (Qiu, Wang, & Che, 2020)

References
  1. Gutiérrez, E. (1995). "Annotated Checklist of Cuban Cockroaches". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 121 (1/2): 65–85 – via JSTOR.
  2. Qiu, L.; Wang, Z. -Q.; Che, Y. -L. (2020). "Discovery of the second Asian Holocompsa species from China, and supplemental description of the male of H. debilis (Blattodea: Corydiidae: Euthyrrhaphinae)". Annales de la Société entomologique de France. Nouvelle Série. 56 (6): 481–487. doi:10.1080/00379271.2020.1852889.
  3. "genus Holocompsa Burmeister, 1838: Cockroach Species File". Cockroach Species File.


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