Blattidae
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Blattidae (Blattodea Blattidae 2 spp.) is prey of:
Eleutherodactylus coqui
Anolis gundlachi
Based on studies in:
Puerto Rico, El Verde (Rainforest)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- Waide RB, Reagan WB (eds) (1996) The food web of a tropical rainforest. University of Chicago Press, Chicago
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Nervous system fights drug-resistant microbes: cockroach
Nervous system tissues of cockroaches protect them from drug-resistant microbes via unique antimicrobial chemicals.
"A study of locust and cockroach brains has found a number of chemicals which can kill bugs like MRSA.
"Scientists hope these could become a powerful new weapon to boost the dwindling arsenal of antibiotics used to treat severe bacterial infections…
"The researchers discovered nine different chemicals in the brains of locusts and cockroaches, which all had anti microbrial properties strong enough to kill 90% of MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) while not harming human cells." (Rutherford 2010)
Learn more about this functional adaptation.
- Rutherford P. 2010. Insect brains 'are source of antibiotics' to fight MRSA. BBC News [Internet],
- 2010. Insect brains are rich stores of new antibiotics. ScienceDaily [Internet],
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:403
Specimens with Sequences:355
Specimens with Barcodes:294
Species:71
Species With Barcodes:65
Public Records:159
Public Species:61
Public BINs:55
مواقع الجمع : خريطة العالم توضح مواقع جمع عينات صراصير فصيلة Blattidae
The Blattidae is a family of the order Blattodea (cockroaches). It contains several of the most common household cockroaches.
Selected species[edit]
- Oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis)
- American cockroach (Periplaneta americana)
- Australian cockroach (Periplaneta australasiae)
- Brown cockroach (Periplaneta brunnea)
- Smokybrown cockroach (Periplaneta fuliginosa)
- Florida woods cockroach (Eurycotis floridana)
- Common shining cockroach (Drymaplaneta communis)
- Botany Bay Cockroach (Polyzosteria limbata)
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Animal / parasite / endoparasite
cyst of Toxocara cati endoparasitises body cavity of Blattidae
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Blattidae (Blattodea Blattidae 2 spp.) preys on:
detritus
Based on studies in:
Puerto Rico, El Verde (Rainforest)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- Waide RB, Reagan WB (eds) (1996) The food web of a tropical rainforest. University of Chicago Press, Chicago
| License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ |
| Rights holder/Author | Cynthia Sims Parr, Joel Sachs, SPIRE |
| Source | http://spire.umbc.edu/fwc/ |