Celatoblatta

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Celatoblatta

Genus of cockroaches

Celatoblatta is a genus of cockroaches in the family Blattidae with species from Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia.[1] "Celato" means concealed and the members of this genus are all small, fast-moving nocturnal species that hide during the day under bark and rocks.[2] In Australia the genus is known as hooded cockroaches, after the distinctive way the seventh abdominal tergite extends over the ninth and tenth like a hood.[1]

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The genus was significantly revised by Peter Johns in 1966,[3] and Karlis Princis later added several species from Australia, New Guinea, and New Caledonia.[4][5] Phylogenetic studies, however, suggested the resulting genus was not monophyletic,[6][7] although the 14 New Zealand members of Celatoblatta as defined by Johns do seem to form a monophyletic group.[8][9][10]

The New Zealand Celatoblatta are all flightless with short or very short tegmina.[3] They have 7 or 8 instars, with overlapping generations and eggs laid all year. Eggs are laid in brown capsules called oothecae which protect the 10–14 developing nymphs.[2][11] Most New Zealand Celatoblatta species live in native forest, but four prefer high elevations above the tree line.[8][3] Australian species are mostly restricted to Queensland, and are generally shiny black with small tegmina and wings.[1] New Zealand species are generally brown with lighter patches on the thorax, although colour is often variable within a species.[3]

The Otago alpine cockroach Celatoblatta quinquemaculata has been the subject of many studies due to its ability to survive freezing down to -9 °C[12][13] and it is one of the few species where intercellular freezing is thought to allow ice crystals to reach beyond the gut to the haemolymph.[14][15]

Celatoblatta currently contains the following species:[7][16]

  • Celatoblatta anisoptera Johns, 1966 – New Zealand
  • Celatoblatta brunni Johns, 1966 – Chatham Islands
  • Celatoblatta fuscipes Johns, 1966 – New Zealand
  • Celatoblatta hesperia Johns, 1966 – New Zealand
  • Celatoblatta immunda (Shelford, 1911) – Queensland
  • Celatoblatta laevispinata Johns, 1966 – New Zealand
  • Celatoblatta montana Johns, 1966 – New Zealand
  • Celatoblatta nigrifrons (Chopard, 1924) – New Caledonia
  • Celatoblatta notialis Johns, 1966 – New Zealand
  • Celatoblatta pallidicauda Johns, 1966 – New Zealand
  • Celatoblatta papuae (Shaw, 1925) – New Guinea, Solomon Islands
  • Celatoblatta peninsularis Johns, 1966 – New Zealand
  • Celatoblatta perpolita (Mackerras, 1968) – Queensland
  • Celatoblatta punctipennis (Chopard, 1924) – New Caledonia
  • Celatoblatta quinquemaculata Johns, 1966 – New Zealand
  • Celatoblatta sedilloti (Bolívar, 1883) – New Zealand
  • Celatoblatta shawi (Princis, 1966) – Queensland
  • Celatoblatta subcorticaria Johns, 1966 – New Zealand
  • Celatoblatta tryoni (Shaw, 1925) – Queensland
  • Celatoblatta undulivitta (Walker, 1868) – New Zealand
  • Celatoblatta vulgaris Johns, 1966 – New Zealand
  • Celatoblatta zonata (Princis, 1954) – Australia

In a 2022 revision of the group Celatoblatta was moved to the subfamily Polyzosteriinae; Celatoblatta shelfordi (Shaw, 1925), C. quadriloba (Mackerras, 1968) and C. baldwinspenceri (Mackerras, 1968) were assigned to the genus Austrostylopyga, which was resurrected after being previously synonymised with Celatoblatta; and C. marksae (Mackerras, 1968) was moved back to Temnelytra.[7]

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    Block, William; Wharton, David A.; Sinclair, Brent J. (1998). "Cold tolerance of a New Zealand alpine cockroach, Celatoblatta quinquemaculata (Dictyoptera, Blattidae)". Physiological Entomology. 23 (1): 1–6. doi:10.1046/j.1365-3032.1998.2310001.x. ISSN 0307-6962.
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