COMPARATIVE ANATOMY OF THE INSECT TRACHEAL SYSTEM PART 1: INTRODUCTION, APTERYGOTES, PALEOPTERA, POLYNEOPTERA
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Herhold, Hollister W
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Davis, Steven R
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Degrey, Samuel P
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Grimaldi, David A
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Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
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2023-03-31
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Gromphadorhina portentosa
“Madagascar hissing cockroach”
Figures 114
(lateral),
115
(dorsal),
116
(ventral)
Plates 70 (lateral), 71 (dorsal), 72 (ventral)
Easily the most popular cock- roach (as far as cockroach popular- ity goes), the physiology of the hissing behavior of
G. portentosa
was investigated by Nelson and col- leagues (Nelson, 1979; Nelson and Fraser, 1980), with the notable find- ing that the fourth spiracle (A2-S) is the source of the hiss. Heinrich et al. (2013) documented unidirectional airflow in
G. portentosa
resulting from spiracular valve control. As seen in the plates, the tracheal archi- tecture of
Gromphadorhina
is remarkably complex, so only spiracles and major tracheae are labeled here. As is common in reared
Gromphadorhina
colonies, the individual scanned was infested with mites (see
fig. 117
), likely
Gromphadorholaelaps schaeferi
, found to be possibly beneficial by
Yoder et al. (2012)
.