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Compsodes

Compsodes is a genus of hooded cockroaches in the family Corydiidae. There are at least four described species in Compsodes.

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Compsodes
Compsodes schwarzi, Texas
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Corydiidae
Subfamily: Latindiinae
Genus: Compsodes
Hebard, 1917

Compsodes is a genus of hooded cockroaches in the family Corydiidae. There are at least four described species in Compsodes.12

Species

These four species belong to the genus Compsodes:

  • Compsodes cucullatus (Saussure & Zehntner, 1894) - hooded cockroach (Central and North America)
  • Compsodes delicatulus (Saussure & Zehntner, 1894) (Guatemala)
  • Compsodes perezgelaberti Gutiérrez, 2012 (Dominican Republic)
  • Compsodes schwarzi (Caudell, 1903) - Schwarz's hooded cockroach (Central and North America)

Research published in 2022 has placed the species Latindia mexicanus in Compsodes, although this is not yet widely accepted.3

References

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.W. (2020). "Cockroach species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  2. "Compsodes genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  3. 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.
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