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  Blaberidae
Grandcolas, P. Monophylie et structure phylogenetique des (Blaberinae + Zetoborinae + Gyninae + Diplopterinae) (Dictyoptera: Blaberidae).
The evolution of soil-burrowing cockroaches (Blattaria: Blaberidae) from wood-burrowing ancestors following an invasion of the latter from Asia into Australia.
Roth, L. Africalolampra ehrmanni new genus and species, and the male of Paraplecta parva Princis (Blattaria: Blaberidae).
tolweb.org /Blaberidae   (524 words)

  
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DNA sequence of a ~430 base pair portion of the mitochondrial small ribosomal subunit gene from representatives of Blattidae, Blattellidae, Blaberidae and Cryptocercus, previously published by Kambhampati (1995) and Kambhampati et al.
Polyphagidae is indicated as a sister group to the Blattidae+Cryptocercus complex, suggesting that Polyphagidae may belong to the superfamily Blattoidea rather than to Blaberoidea as proposed by McKittrick (1964).
Blaberidae and Blattellidae were sister groups as previously proposed.
www.oznet.ksu.edu /dp_entm/faculty/phylogen.htm   (1292 words)

  
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The ootheca may be carried for some time by the female before being deposited on the ground or buried in the soil.
Cockroaches of the family Blaberidae and Blattellidae, however display a few different reproductive strategies.
Other species of Blaberidae do not form an ootheca but let the eggs pass directly from the ovipositor to the uterus where they develop.
www.amonline.net.au /factSheets/cockroaches.htm   (516 words)

  
 Germex - Insects - Ants   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
However, the German cockroach carries its ootheca until 24-48 hours before the eggs hatch and the nymphs emerge.
Members of the family Blaberidae have the ootheca briefly protuding during its formation, then retract it into a brood sac, incubate it, and when the eggs are ready to hatch it is again extruded.
The nymphs free themselves as the ootheca is forced from the brood sac and drop to the surface giving the appearance of live birth.
www.germex.ca /insects/roaches.html   (1588 words)

  
 Insect Ambassador: Specimens Available   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
They are great to let the kids touch or hold (remind them that they will not hurt them and help them hold the insects one or two at a time).
Death Head Cockroaches (Blaberidae: Babberus gigantea) from Asia.
They are in the museum and eat the same thing as the hissing roaches.
www.entomology.wisc.edu /insectam/ambassador/specimens.html   (330 words)

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