Cockroach fauna in the Ogasawara Chain Islands of Japan and analysis of their habitats
- Author:
Noriyuki Komatsu
;
Toshio Kishimoto
;
Akihiko Uchida
;
Hong-Kean Ooi
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Tropical Biomedicine
2013;30(1):141-151
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A survey of cockroach fauna was carried out on the 3 inhabited islands of the
Ogasawara chain island of Japan, namely, Chichijima island, Hahajima island and Iwo island.
Seven species, namely, Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758), Periplaneta australasiae
(Fabricius, 1775), Blattella lituricollis (Walker, 1868), Onychostylus vilis (Brunner von
Wattenwyl, 1865), Supella longipalpa (Fabricius, 1798), Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Linnaeus,
1758) and Opisthoplatia orientalis (Burmeister, 1838), were collected on Chichijima island.
Four species, namely, P. americana, P. australasiae, O. vilis and P. surinamensis were
collected on Hahajima island and 6 species, namely, P. americana, P. australasiae, B.
lituricollis, O. vilis, P. surinamensis and Neostylopyga rhombifolia were collected on Iwo
island. This is the first record of N. rhombifolia and Onychostylus orientalis on the Ogasawara
chain islands. Our study increases the recorded taxon of cockroaches on the Ogasawara from
3 families, 5 genera 10 species to 4 families, 7 genera, 12 species. A list of the cockroach
species on Ogasawara islands reported to date as well as a key for their identification is also
presented. Periplaneta americana and P. australasiae, being the dominant species, together
with S. longipalpa, were collected mostly in the indoor environment, indicating their preference
for this habitat. Pycnoscelus surinamensis, which is considered as an outdoor insect has
been found in semi-household environments such as greenhouse and shed, indicating their
new adaptation to the changing environment.
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