Family NOCTICOLIDAE
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A.M.E. Roach & D.C.F. Rentz, CSIRO Entomology, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Introduction
The Nocticolidae are known from six small delicate species that live either in caves or termite nests. The eyes of the cave-dwelling species are absent or reduced and the legs are extraordinarily long. Roth (1988) described two species from Queensland and three from Western Australia (Roth 1991, 1995), and also mentionaed one undescribed species from Western Australia.
References
Roth, L.M. 1988. Some cavernicolous and epigean cockroaches with six new species, and a discussion of the Nocticolidae (Dictyoptera: Blattaria). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 95: 297–321
Roth, L.M. 1991. A new cave-dwelling cockroach from Western Australia (Blattaria: Nocticolidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15: 17–21
Roth, L.M. 1995. New species and records of cockroaches from Western Australia (Blattaria). Records of the Western Australian Museum 17: 153–161