The invading parthenogenetic cockroach: a natural history comment on Parker and Niklasson's study

Grandcolas, Philippe; Déjean, Alain; Deleporte, Pierre

doi:10.1046/j.1420-9101.1996.9061023.x

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“…These Austrian P. surinamensis are also the first records of this species for Central Europe. Previously, the species has been reported from mainly tropical and subtropical regions, such as Florida, Louisiana, Texas and Hawaii in the United States, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Bahama Islands, the Dominican Republic, Trinidad, Barbados, Martinique, Grenada, St. Vincent, Jamaica, Mexico, Costa Rica, Guiana, Brazil, Bermuda, Mauritius, the Central African Republic, Cameroon, Senegal, China, Taiwan, Australia, the Loyalty Islands, Japan, but also Spain and Sweden (Bell, Roth, & Nalepa, ; Garanto, ; Grandcolas, Dejean, & Deleporte, ; Schwabe, ). It is considered a peridomestic species that invades households and causes considerable damage to commercial rose, orchid and lily plantations, but also feeds on roots of pineapples, potato tubers, cucumbers, palm, tomatoes, papayas, figs, sweet potatoes and other plants (de Carvalho Moretti, Quirán, Solis, Rossi, & Thyssen, ; Schwabe, ).…”

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First records of the parthenogenetic Surinam cockroach Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Insecta: Blattodea: Blaberidae) for Central Europe

Zangl

Kunz

Berg

et al. 2018

J Applied Entomology

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Sixteen species of cockroaches have been reported for Austria so far. This study is the first record of the parthenogenetic Surinam cockroach, Pycnoscelus surinamensis (L.) for Austria (and thus Central Europe). The species is natively distributed in Indo‐Malaysia but has been unintentionally introduced in many, mainly tropical, countries throughout the world. Sequencing the DNA barcoding region revealed that all Austrian P. surinamensis samples had the same haplotype, which they shared with samples from the United States of America, Guyana and French Polynesia, indicating that all these samples/populations belong to the same clonal lineage. Even though in temperate regions, the occurrence of P. surinamensis is currently limited to greenhouses, we advocate proper monitoring of the populations with respect to global warming and the expected increasing independence of this species from greenhouses that comes along with it.

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First records of the parthenogenetic Surinam cockroach Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Insecta: Blattodea: Blaberidae) for Central Europe

Zangl

Kunz

Berg

et al. 2018

J Applied Entomology

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“…Its European populations appear to be parthenogenetic. Th is trait has been wrongly identifi ed to explain the strong invasive ability of this cockroach (Grandcolas et al 1996). Rhyparobia maderae, an afrotropical cockroach, was probably transported to southern Europe with banana shipments and occurs indoors.…”

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Dictyoptera (Blattodea, Isoptera), Orthoptera, Phasmatodea and Dermaptera. Chapter 13.3

Rasplus¹,

Roques²

2010

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For convenience, we treat all "polyneopteran" orders together. Five orders of hemimetabolous "Polyneoptera" include species alien to Europe, namely Blattodea, Isoptera, Orthoptera, Phasmatodea and Dermaptera. A total of 37 species alien to Europe have been recorded. Th ese belong to 14 diff erent families. Most of these species show a detritivorous feeding regime (22 spp.), whereas 12 species are phytophagous and two are predators. Th e majority of species were fi rst observed between 1900 and 1975. Unlike other arthropod groups, the mean number of polyneopteran species newly recorded per year showed no acceleration since 1975. Th e alien "Polyneoptera" mostly originated from Central/ South America and Asia (10 species each, 27.0%), followed by Africa (7, 18.9%). Germany hosts the largest number of alien Polyneoptera (15 spp.), followed by Denmark (14), Spain (11) and France (10). All but one alien species represent unintentional introductions. More than 75% of the species are associated with artifi cial habitats (houses, buildings and greenhouses) and cultivated areas. Blattodea and Isoptera have huge economic and/ or medical importance. Th e cost of treatments and sanitary measures against termites and cockroaches, in particular, is signifi cant in Europe.

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“…Tem baixa capacidade de vôo e é transportada pelo homem, tornando-se uma espécie restrita às proximidades das habitações humanas, ativas ou não, presentes em vários tipos de plantas onde se enterram no solo sombreado (Grandcolas et al, 1996) ou detritos acumulados na bainha das folhas, como do coqueiro (obs. pessoal do primeiro autor).…”

Section: Pycnoscelus Surinamensis (Figura 5)unclassified

“…pessoal do primeiro autor). Seu estabelecimento em diferentes áreas é facilitado pelo deslocamento de mudas de plantas pelo homem, às quais podem causar sérios danos (Roth 1979;Robinson 1996), mas não têm propensão de invadir ambientes naturais, inalterados (Grandcolas et al, 1996;Pellens & Grandcolas, 2002).…”

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Baratas (Insecta, Blattaria) sinantrópicas na cidade de Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil

Rafael

Silva

Dias³

2008

Acta Amaz.

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A coleta de baratas na cidade de Manaus resultou em seis espécies associadas às habitações, estabelecimentos comerciais e educacionais, sendo quatro predominantemente dentro das habitações, Blatella germanica (Linnaeus, 1758), Supella longipalpa (Fabricius, 1798), Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758), P. australasiae (Fabricius, 1775) e duas fora das habitações, Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758) e Blaberus parabolicus Walker, 1868. P. americana foi comum tanto interna como externamente às instalações urbanas; P. australasiae foi predominante em barcos; P. surinamensis e B. parabolicus foram invasoras ocasionais de residências na estação chuvosa. São apresentadas fotos coloridas, em tamanho natural, para reconhecimento das espécies.PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Baratas, Insetos, Entomologia urbana, Sinantropia. Synantropic cockroaches (Insecta, Blattaria) from Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil ABSTRACTCollection of cockroaches from Manaus resulted in six species associated to human house, commercial buildings and educational buildings, being four species found predominantly indoor, Blatella germanica (Linnaeus, 1758), Supella longipalpa (Fabricius, 1798), Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758) and P. australasiae (Fabricius, 1775) and two species found predominantly outdoor, Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758) and Blaberus parabolicus Walker, 1868 the latter two occasionally houseinfesting species in the rainy season. P. americana was common either indoor and outdoor and P. australasiae infesting mainly boats. Color figures in natural size are presented for all species in order to help their identification.

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The invading parthenogenetic cockroach: a natural history comment on Parker and Niklasson's study

Cited by 12 publications

References 4 publications

First records of the parthenogenetic Surinam cockroach Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Insecta: Blattodea: Blaberidae) for Central Europe

First records of the parthenogenetic Surinam cockroach Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Insecta: Blattodea: Blaberidae) for Central Europe

Dictyoptera (Blattodea, Isoptera), Orthoptera, Phasmatodea and Dermaptera. Chapter 13.3

Baratas (Insecta, Blattaria) sinantrópicas na cidade de Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil

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