Blaptica dubia (Serville, 1838)

Herhold, Hollister W, Davis, Steven R, Degrey, Samuel P & Grimaldi, David A, 2023, COMPARATIVE ANATOMY OF THE INSECT TRACHEAL SYSTEM PART 1: INTRODUCTION, APTERYGOTES, PALEOPTERA, POLYNEOPTERA, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 459 (1), pp. 1-184 : 1-184

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5531/sd.sp.55
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7733283
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038D8781-FF69-20C9-FC56-FE8CA48CFAF1
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Blaptica dubia
status

Treatment

Blaptica dubia View in CoL View at ENA

“Argentinian wood roach”

Figures 111 View FIGURE 111 (lateral), 112 View FIGURE 112 (dorsal), 113 View FIGURE 113 (ventral)

Plates 67 (lateral), 68 (dorsal), 69 (ventral)

The tracheal architecture of B. dubia features wide, bandlike tra- cheae and numerous visceral branches throughout the body; pre- liminary results indicate that tra- cheae may comprise nearly 12% of the volume of the insect (Herhold et al., in prep.). Spiracles and a handful of major tracheae are labeled in the figures and plates; readers are encouraged to view the 3D models provided in the supplementary digi- tal data for further investigation.