Parcoblatta bolliana
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| Parcoblatta bolliana | |
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| Adult male P. bolliana | |
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| Adult female Parcoblatta bolliana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Ectobiidae |
| Genus: | Parcoblatta |
| Species: | P. bolliana |
| Binomial name | |
| Parcoblatta bolliana (Saussure & Zehntner, 1893) | |
| Synonyms | |
Parcoblatta bolliana, Boll's wood cockroach or Boll's wood roach, is a small species of wood cockroach native to the United States, measuring around 11 mm (0.43 in) long.[2]
Parcoblatta bolliana is a small, slender species.[3] The male has long tegmina (outer forewings) and functioning hindwings, while the female tegmina are small oblong pads separated by more than twice their width, and its inner hindwings are absent.[3] The female is stouter and more compact than the male, with a broader head and pronotum (the large plate directly behind the head).[3]
The male has a shining, dark brown head, pronotum disc, and base of tegmina, with fine and sparse yellowish hairs.[3] It has paler brown legs, edges of the sides of its pronotum, and ends of its tegmina.[3] Its ocelli (simple eyes) are well defined and colored a dull yellow.[3] Its pronotum has two oblique impressions near its base, connected by a short transverse impression.[3]
The female is chocolate brown, and its legs are generally darker than those of the male.[3] Its ocelli are small spots, and its pronotum is widest just behind its middle.[3]
Specimens become much paler in the western part of its range, sometimes with only the head being dark.[3]
| Male[3] | Female[3] | |
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| Body length | 10.1–12.8 mm (0.40–0.50 in) | 9.0–10.7 mm (0.35–0.42 in) |
| Pronotum length | 2.7–3.0 mm (0.11–0.12 in) | 2.9–3.0 mm (0.11–0.12 in) |
| Pronotum width | 3.6–4.2 mm (0.14–0.17 in) | 3.9–4.4 mm (0.15–0.17 in) |
| Tegmina length | 11.7–13.6 mm (0.46–0.54 in) | 1.7–1.9 mm (0.067–0.075 in) |
| Tegmina width | 3.8–4.6 mm (0.15–0.18 in) | 1.4–1.7 mm (0.055–0.067 in) |
Distribution
The distribution of the species is limited to the United States, including Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texas.[4]
