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2. MATERIAL AND METHODS 



Species investigated 



Mantodea 



Mantoididae Mantoida schraderi Rehn, 1951 

 Chaeteessidae Chaeteessa caudata Saussure, 1871 

 Metallyticidae Metallyticus violaceus Burmeister, 1838 



Mantidae Sphodromantis Stal, 1871 (sp. indet.); Mantis religiosa (Linne, 1758) 

 Blattaria 

 Blattoidea 



Cryptocercidae Cryptocercus punctulatus Scudder, 1862 

 Blattidae 



Blattinae Archiblatta hoeveni Sn. v. Vollenhoven, 1862; Blatta orientalis Linne, 

 1758; Deropeltis Burmeister, 1838 (sp. indet.); Periplaneta americana (Linne, 

 1758) 



Polyzosteriinae Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868) 



Tryonicinae Tryonicus parvus (Tepper, 1895); Tryonicus angustus (Chopard, 

 1924) 



Lamproblattinae Lamproblatta albipalpus Hebard, 1919 

 Blaberoidea 

 Polyphagidae 



Polyphaginae Polyphaga aegyptiaca (Linne, 1758); Ergaula capensis (Saussure, 

 1893); Ergaula capucina (Brunner v. W., 1893) 

 Blattellidae 



Anaplectinae Anaplecta Burmeister, 1838 (sp. indet.) 



Plectopterinae Nahublattella Bruijning, 1959 (sp. indet.); Euphyllodromia 

 angustata (Latreille, 1811); Supella longipalpa (Fabricius, 1798) 

 Blattellinae Parcoblatta lata (Brunner v. W., 1865); Loboptera decipieus 

 (Germar, 1817) 



Ectobiinae Ectobius sylvestris (Poda, 1761) 



Nyctiborinae Nyctibora Burmeister, 1838 (sp. indet.) 

 Blaberidae Blaberus craniifer Burmeister, 1838; Byrsotria fumigata (Guerin- 

 Meneville, 1857); Blaptica Stal, 1874 (sp. indet.); Nauphoeta cinerea (Olivier, 

 1789) 



The assignment of the respective genera to the various taxa is adopted from McKittrick 

 (1964) and Beier (1968). The only exceptions are: The assignment of Tryonicus is taken 

 from McKittrick & Mackerras (1965). Polyphaga and Ergaula are assigned to 

 Polyphaginae according to Grandcolas (1994). Euphyllodromia is assigned to 

 Plectopterinae by Roth (1967). Archiblatta is in its phallomere morphology rather close 

 to Deropeltis (McKittrick 1964, fig. 108), which is assigned to Blattinae by McKittrick 

 (1964). Nahublattella is in its phallomere morphology very close to Lophoblatta 

 (McKittrick 1964, fig. 113), which is assigned to Plectopterinae by McKittrick (1964). 

 In the subsequent text these species will be named by their generic name alone. {Tryonicus 



