Nocticola
Nocticola is a genus of cockroaches in the family Nocticolidae: distributed in Africa, south-east Asia and Australia. Nocticola are different from every other cockroach in that they are not infected with Blattabacterium Cuenoti. This makes them the only genus in the dictyoptera superorder besides mantids that do not have the bacteria.Species
There are currently 24 known species:
- Nocticola adebratti
- Nocticola australiensis
- Nocticola babindaensis
- Nocticola bolivari
- Nocticola brooksi
- Nocticola caeca
- Nocticola clavata
- Nocticola cockingi
- Nocticola currani
- Nocticola decaryi
- Nocticola flabella
- Nocticola gerlachi: Gerlach's cockroach
- Nocticola gonzalezi
- Nocticola jodarlingtonae
- Nocticola leleupi
- Nocticola quartermainei
- Nocticola remyi
- Nocticola rohini
- Nocticola scytala
- Nocticola simoni
- Nocticola sinensis
- Nocticola termitophila
- Nocticola uenoi
- Nocticola wliensis