Blaptica dubia (Serville, 1838)

Herhold, Hollister W, Davis, Steven R, Degrey, Samuel P & Grimaldi, David A, 2023, COMPARATIVE ANATOMY OF THE INSECT TRACHEAL SYSTEM PART 1: INTRODUCTION, APTERYGOTES, PALEOPTERA, POLYNEOPTERA, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 459 (1), pp. 1-184 : 1-184

Blaptica dubia

“Argentinian wood roach”

Figures 111 (lateral), 112 (dorsal), 113 (ventral)

Plates 67 (lateral), 68 (dorsal), 69 (ventral)

The tracheal architecture of B. dubia features wide, bandlike tra- cheae and numerous visceral branches throughout the body; pre- liminary results indicate that tra- cheae may comprise nearly 12% of the volume of the insect (Herhold et al., in prep.). Spiracles and a handful of major tracheae are labeled in the figures and plates; readers are encouraged to view the 3D models provided in the supplementary digi- tal data for further investigation.

Figures

FIGURE 111. Blaptica dubia (Blattodea: Blaberidae) lateral.

FIGURE 112. Blaptica dubia (Blattodea: Blaberidae) dorsal.

FIGURE 113. Blaptica dubia (Blattodea: Blaberidae) ventral.