Headlight Cockroach

Lucihormetica is a South American genus of giant cockroaches from the family Blaberidae, collectively referred to as glowspot cockroaches. It had been anecdotally reported that the thoracic spots of males are bioluminescent, but detailed research has conclusively demonstrated otherwise, although autofluorescence has been documented, such that the spots will glow when exposed to ultraviolet light as is typical for artrhopod cuticles. The genus includes both relatively common and rare species: For example, L.

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Lucihormetica subcincta es una especie de insecto blatodeo de la familia Blaberidae, subfamilia Blaberinae. Distribución geográfica Se pueden encontrar en Colombia. Sinónimo Brachycola subcincta Walker, 1868.