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Pacific Beetle Cockroach
Diploptera punctata
Diploptera punctata or the Pacific beetle cockroach is a species of cockroach in the family Blaberidae and subfamily Diplopterinae.George Beccaloni; David C. Eades. "Diploptera punctata". Blattodea Species File. Retrieved 10 June 2011. It is one of the few cockroach species that is viviparous. Adults are chemically defended, having a modified tracheal gland and spiracle on each side which squirts quinones which can poison or discourage a predator.
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Range & habitat
Diploptera punctata can be found in Australia, Myanmar, China, Fiji, Hawaii, and India.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 449029.