Eublaberus

Eublaberus is a genus of South American cockroaches in the subfamily Blaberinae, identified by Morgan Hebard in 1920.

Description

Among the differences from the related genus Blaberus are proportionately somewhat shorter, stouter limbs, a broad blackish bar on the caudal margin (rear) of the pronotum, and angulation on the lateral margins (sides) of the pronotum.

Species

The Cockroach Species File lists:

1. Eublaberus argentinus <small>Hebard 1921</small>
2. Eublaberus distanti <small>(Kirby, W. F. 1903)</small>: The six spotted cockroach or Trinidad bat cave cockroach
3. Eublaberus fernandoi <small>Lopes & de Oliveira 2000</small>
4. Eublaberus immaculus <small>(Saussure & Zehntner 1894)</small>
5. Eublaberus marajoara <small>Rocha e Silva 1972</small>
6. Eublaberus posticus <small>(Erichson, 1848)</small>: The orange-headed cockroach
7. Eublaberus serranus <small>Lopes, Oliveira & Khouri, 2015</small>
8. Eublaberus sulzeri <small>(Guérin-Méneville 1857)</small>
9. Eublaberus variegata <small>Rocha e Silva 1972</small>

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