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Checklist of Blattodea from Maharashtra State in India Environment Conservation Journal, 20 (3):39-48, 2019 ISSN 0972-3099 (Print) 2278-5124 (Online) DOI: https://doi.org/10.36953/ECJ.2019.20306 https://www.environcj.in/ Checklist of Blattodea from Maharashtra State in India Prabakaran, S.¹, Senraj. M.², Packiam, S. M.³ and Jaiswal, Deepa 4 Received: 11.03.2019 Revised: 26.04.2019 Accepted: 10.07.2019 Abstract An annotated checklist of the Blattids of Maharashtra state is prepared based on the available literature and online database resources. Earlier studies has been made by (Jadhav and Sharma, 2012) listed that 12 species of Blattids from this state, in the present situation an updated checklist has been made to the Blattodea fauna includes 32 species comprises 4 family comes under 23 genera. Globally the Blattodea contains a total of 7570 species are recognized, of which 4641 species are cockroaches and 2929 species are termites has been listed (Krishna et.al., 2013). This 4641 species are accommodated under 492 genera belonging to 8 families. Among this, 170 species under 65 genera belonging to 5 families, so far reported from India (Prabakaran and Senraj 2018) (Excluding Epifamily: Termitoidae).The classification followed here as after Beccaloni & Eggleton 2013. Key Words: Blattids, termites, cockroach, fauna Introduction Cockroaches are an ancient and highly successful food chain, cockroaches also play an extremely form of insect life; they were among the group of important role in nutrient cycling. A majority of arthropod insects that evolved during the first great cockroaches are detritus feeders and having radiation of insects. The primitive or ancestors endogenous cellulose play an important role in cockroaches have been existence for about 350 degrading plant material (Bignell and Eggleton, million years or since early carboniferous periods. 2000). All but a few species are odorous and are Cockroaches occur throughout the world with the therefore particularly offensive. They are swift exception of the Polar Regions. They are medium runners and poor fliers. They will run away when or large sized insects. Cockroaches are oviparous exposed to light. Most of the species are nocturnal, and ovoviviparous and normally lay their eggs in a omnivorous, cursorial and dioceous. In the present characteristic ootheca. In some species the females study an updated checklist has been made to the are brachypterous while the males are fully winged. Blattodea fauna includes 32 species comprises 4 Their flattened bodies enable them to hide in families comes under 23 genera. cracks, between floors, in walls, damp places and other secretive places. It is popularly suggested that Materials and Method cockroaches will “inherit the earth” if humanity The present paper is focused to prepare a checklist destroys itself in a nuclear war. Cockroaches do of blattids from Maharashtra state by referring all indeed have a much higher radiation resistance than the scattered reports on Maharashtra state and based vertebrates this ability to withstand radiation can be on the available literatures from various websites explained through the cell cycle. Cockroaches are and earlier published reports were also taken for an important source of food for a number of consideration to complete the study. Distribution of organisms and they are an important part of the some blatted species were corrected and updated Author’s Address as per present scenario. ¹&4Freshwater Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of Results and Discussion India, Hyderabad, Telangana. Systematic Account of Blattids from State of 2Southern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Maharashtra, India 3Deputy Director, Entomology Research Institute, Loyola Order: Blattodea College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu Superfamily: Blaberoidea Saussure, 1864 E-mail.: [email protected] Family: Blaberidae Saussure, 1864 39 Environment Conservation Journal This work is licensed under Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) © ASEA Prabakaran et al. Subfamily: Epilamprinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, Subfamily Perisphaerinae Brunner von 1865 Wattenwyl, 1865 1. Genus Rhicnoda Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 4. Genus Perisphaerus Serville, 1831 1. Rhicnoda natatrix Shelford, 1907 4. Perisphaerus flavicornis (Burmeister, 1838) 1907. Rhicnoda natatrix Shelford, Zoologist. 4(11): 1838. Perisphaeria flavicornis Burmeister, Handb. 226. Ent., 2(2): 488. 1967. Rhicnoda natatrix Princis, Orthopterorum 1865. Derocalymma flavicornis Brunner, Nouv. Catalogus. (11): 657. Syst. Blatt., p. 321. 2010. Rhicnoda natatrix Hasko Nesemann et.al., 1906. Pseudoglomeris flavicornis Annandale, Mem. Journal of Threatened Taxa. 2(1): 649. Asiat. Soc. Bengal. p. 207. 1964.Perisphaerus flavicornis Princis, Type locality: Borneo Island Orthopterorum Catalogus. (6): 206. Distribution: India: Maharashtra, Pench: Ambakhori-Totladoah forest stream. Type locality: Java Island Elsewhere: Borneo Island and Nepal. Distribution: India: Tamil Nadu: Ramanathapuram; Remarks: This species included based on literature Maharashtra: Bombay and Assam. (Hasko Nesemann et. al., 2010). Elsewhere: Malaysia (Malacca state); Indonesia Tribe Morphnini McKittrick, 1964 (Java Island); Borneo Island; Philippines (Palawan 2. Genus Stictolampra Hanitsch, 1930 Island) Sylhet – Bangladesh. 2. Stictolampra plicata (Navás, 1904) Remarks: This species included based on literature 1904. Opisthoplatia plicata Navás, Bol. Soc. (Hanitsch 1923). Aragon. Cienc. Nat., 3: 130. 1910. Rhicnoda plicta Shelfore, Genera 5. Genus Pseudoglomeris Brunner Von Wattenwyl, Insectorum. 101: 9. 1893 1967. Stictolampra plicata Princis, Orthopterorum 5. Pseudoglomeris sericea (Saussure, 1863) Catalogus. (11):683. 1863. Perisphaeria sericea Saussure, Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Génève., 17:138. Type locality: India: Himalayas 1863. Perisphaeria emortualis Saussure, Mém. Soc. Distribution: India: Maharashtra; Maghalaya; Phys. Hist. Nat. Génève., 17: 138. West Bengal: Malda District, Medinipur District, 1964. Trichoblatta sericea Princis, Orthopterorum Darjeeling District, Birbhum District, Bankura Catalogus. (6): 208. District; Himachal Pradesh, Guiarat, Madhya 2018. Pseudoglomeris sericea (Saussure, 1863) Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa, Tripura, Assam, Arunachal Xin-Ran Li et.al., Zootaxa. 4410 (2): 259. Pradesh: Upper Dibang Valley, Lohit district; Sikkim; Tamilnadu; Karnataka and Kerala. Type locality: India: Tamil Nadu: Pondicherry. Elsewhere: Borneo; Java. Malaysia Distribution: India: Tamil Nadu: Pondicherry; Remarks: This species included based on literature Andhra Pradesh; Bihar; Gujarat; Karnataka; Kerala; (Jadha and Sharma, 2012). Maharashtra; Orissa; Sikkim; West Bengal: Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Malda; Arunachal Pradesh 3. Genus Aptera Saussure, 1864 and Meghalaya (Mukherjee, 1993). 3. Aptera brindlei Anisyutkin 2017 Remarks: Endemic to India. This species included 2017. Aptera brindlei Anisyutkin, Zootaxa. 4236 based on literature (Mukherjee, 1993). (1): 46. 6. Pseudoglomeris terranea (Walker, 1871) Type locality: India: Maharashtra, Poona 1871. Ischnoptera terranea Walker, Cata. Derm. Distribution: India: Maharashtra: Poona Coll. Part V. Supp. Cata. Blat., p.32. 1895. Pseudoglomeris antennata Saussure & Remarks: Endemic to India: Maharashtra. This Zehntner. Revue suisse de zoologie. 3: 39. species included based on literature (Anisyutkin 1964. Pseudoglomeris terranea Princis, 2017). Orthopterorum Catalogus. (6): 212. 40 Environment Conservation Journal Checklist of Blattodea from Maharashtra State in India Type locality: India: Bombay Elsewhere: Borneo; Celebes; Malakka; Malayasia; Distribution: India: Tamil Nadu: Nilgiris; New Guinea and Sumatra; Malaysia, Texas, Karnataka: Bangalore; Madhya Pradesh; Australia, Burma & Circumtropical (Asian origin). Maharashtra - Bombay. Remarks: Pest for Agriculture. This species Elsewhere: Burma. included based on literature (Jadha and Sharma, Remarks: This species included based on literature 2012). (Princis, 1957). 8. Pycnoscelus tenebrigera (Walker, 1868) Subfamily Pycnoscelinae Princis,1960 1868. Panchlora tenebrigera Walker, Cata. Spec. 6. Genus Pycnoscelus Scudder, 1862 Blat. Coll. British Museum. p. 31. 7. Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758) 1871. Panchlora submarginata Walker, Cata. Common name: The Surinam Cockroach or Derm. Coll. Part V. Supp. Cata. Blat., p. 7. Greenhouse Cockroach 1950. Pycnoscelus rufus Bei-Bienko, Fauna SSSR 1758. Blatta surinamensis Linnaeus, Systema (N. S.). (40): 268. naturae, 1, ed. 10, Holmiae., p. 424. 1964.Pycnoscelus tenebrigera Princis, 1813. Blatta melanocephala Stoll, Represent. exact. Orthopterorum Catalogus. (6): 273. coloree d'apres nature d. Spectres., p. 7. 1998. Pycnoscelus tenebrigera Roth, Oriental 1838. Blatta corticum Serville, Librairie Insects. 32: 115. Encyclopédique de Roret., p. 90. 1841. Perispherus laevis Le Guillou, Revue zool., Type locality: North India. p. 292. Distribution: India: Tamil Nadu: Nilgiri; Andhra 1862. Pycnoscelus obscurus Scudder, Boston J. nat. Pradesh: Barkuda Island, Chilka Lake, Karnataka: Hist., 7: 422. Shimoga: Mysore; Uttarakand: Dehra Dun, 1868. Panchlora celebesa Walker, Cata. Derm. (Himalaya); Maharashtra: Bombay. Coll. Part V. Supp. Cata. Blat., p. 26. Elsewhere: Afghanistan. 1868. Polyzosteria latipes Walker, Cata. Derm. Remarks: This species included based on literature Coll. Part V. Supp. Cata. Blat., p. 165. (Princis, 1957). 1868. Polyzosteria crassipes Walker, Cata. Derm. Coll. Part V. Supp. Cata. Blat., p. 166. Family Ectobiidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 1871.
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