| Latindia | |
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| Latindia mexicanus, México | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Corydiidae |
| Subfamily: | Latindiinae |
| Genus: | Latindia Stål, 1860 |
Latindia is a genus of cockroaches in the family Corydiidae. There are about nine described species in Latindia. [1]
Species[edit]
These nine species belong to the genus Latindia:
- Latindia castanea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (Caribbean)
- Latindia catharinensis Rocha e Silva, 1971 (Brazil)
- Latindia dohrniana Saussure & Zehntner, 1894 (Central and South America)
- Latindia inca Saussure & Zehntner, 1894 (Peru)
- Latindia maurella Stål, 1860 (Brazil)
- Latindia mexicanus Saussure, 1868 (Mexico)
- Latindia pectinata Rehn, 1937 (Brazil)
- Latindia pusilla Saussure & Zehntner, 1894 (Peru)
- Latindia signata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 (Brazil)
Research in 2022 has placed the species Latindia mexicanus in the genus Compsodes, although this is not yet widely accepted.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Beccaloni, G.W. (2020). "Cockroach species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2020-11-24.
- ^ Estrada-Álvarez, Julio C.; de Luna, Manuel; García-Barrios, Roberto; Sormani-Hernández, Carlo Gilbert (2022). "Synopsis of the cockroach family Corydiidae (Blattodea: Corydioidea) in North America, with an identification key to subfamilies and genera, and taxonomic changes". Acta Zoológica Mexicana (38). doi:10.21829/azm.2022.3812529.