{{Short description|Genus of cockroaches}} {{Automatic taxobox |image=Nocticola gonzalezi (10.3897-subtbiol.19.9804) Figure 1 (cropped).jpg |image_caption=''Nocticola gonzalezi'' male (top) and female (bottom) |taxon=Nocticola |authority=Bolívar, 1892 }} thumb|Illustration '''''Nocticola''''' is a genus of cockroaches in the family Nocticolidae<ref name="COL" /> distributed in Africa, south-east Asia and Australia.<ref>[http://cockroach.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1177741 ''Cockroach Species File'' (retrieved 26 January 2018)]</ref> Nocticola are different from every other cockroach in that they are not infected with ''Blattabacterium cuenoti''. This makes them the only genus in Blattodea that do not have the bacteria.<ref>Lo, N., Beninati, T., Stone, F., Walker, J., & Sacchi, L. (2007). Cockroaches that lack Blattabacterium endosymbionts: the phylogenetically divergent genus Nocticola. Biology Letters, 3(3), 327-330. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0614</ref>
==Species== There are currently 25 known species:
* ''Nocticola adebratti'' * ''Nocticola australiensis'' * ''Nocticola babindaensis'' * ''Nocticola bolivari'' * ''Nocticola brooksi'' * ''Nocticola caeca'' * ''Nocticola clavata'' * ''Nocticola cockingi''<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=TROTTER|first=ANDREW J.|last2=McRAE|first2=JANE M.|last3=MAIN|first3=DEAN C.|last4=FINSTON|first4=TERRIE L.|date=2017-04-04|title=Speciation in fractured rock landforms: towards understanding the diversity of subterranean cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Nocticolidae: Nocticola) in Western Australia|journal=Zootaxa|language=en|volume=4250|issue=2|pages=143–170|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4250.2.2|pmid=28610024|issn=1175-5334}}</ref> * ''Nocticola currani''<ref name=":0" /> * ''Nocticola decaryi'' * ''Nocticola flabella'' * ''Nocticola gerlachi'': Gerlach's cockroach (endangered) * ''Nocticola gonzalezi''<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lucanas|first=Cristian C.|author2=Ireneo L. Lit Jr.|date=2016-09-28|title=Cockroaches (Insecta, Blattodea) from caves of Polillo Island (Philippines), with description of a new species|journal=Subterranean Biology|language=en|volume=19|pages=51–64|doi=10.3897/subtbiol.19.9804|issn=1314-2615|doi-access=free}}</ref> * ''Nocticola jodarlingtonae'' * ''Nocticola leleupi'' * ''Nocticola pheromosa'' * ''Nocticola quartermainei''<ref name=":0" /> * ''Nocticola remyi'' * ''Nocticola rohini'' * ''Nocticola scytala'' * ''Nocticola simoni'' * ''Nocticola sinensis'' * ''Nocticola termitophila'' * ''Nocticola uenoi'' * ''Nocticola wliensis''
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="COL">{{cite web |url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/nocticola/match/1 |title=Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist |accessdate=24 September 2012 |author=Roskov Y. |author2=Kunze T. |author3=Orrell T. |author4=Abucay L. |author5=Paglinawan L. |author6=Culham A. |author7=Bailly N. |author8=Kirk P. |author9=Bourgoin T. |author10=Baillargeon G. |author11=Decock W. |author12=De Wever A. |editor=Didžiulis V. |year=2011 |publisher=Species 2000: Reading, UK}}</ref> }}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nocticola}} Category:Cockroaches Category:Cockroach genera