Princisia vanwaerebeki, commonly known as the vibrant hisser,[1] is a large, flightless species of hissing cockroach in the family Blaberidae, and the only member of the genus Princisia.[2][3] It is endemic to southeastern Madagascar,[2][3] and sometimes seen in the pet trade.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Blaberidae |
| Subfamily: | Oxyhaloinae |
| Tribe: | Gromphadorhini |
| Genus: | Princisia van Herrewege, 1973 |
| Species: | P. vanwaerebeki
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| Princisia vanwaerebeki van Herrewege, 1973
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It is named in honour of two people: Karlis Princis for the genus name and Daniel van Waerebek, a helminthologist in Antananarivo, for the specific (species) name.[3][5] It is a very large species, growing between 5.6 and 10 cm (2.2 and 3.9 in) in length. Larger specimens are usually male.[4] Females usually live up to three years.[4] It is one of several species of cockroach sometimes infected by Blabericola migrator, a parasitic alveolate.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Vibrant Hisser". capecodroaches.com. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ^ a b "Species Princisia vanwaerebeki van Herrewege, 1973". Cockroach Species File. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ a b c Van Herrewege, C. (1973). "Contribution à l'étude des Blattaria de la faune malgache. I. Princisia, gen. nov., voisin de Gromphadorhina Brunner v. W. Description d'une espèce nouvelle". Publications de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 42–10: 262–267.
- ^ a b c Delfosse, E. (2004). "Les blattes souffleuses de Madagascar". Insectes. 153 (4): 19–22.
- ^ Delfosse, Emmanuel (2006). "Sur la taxinomie, la répartition et la biologie des Blattes souffleuses de Madagascar des genres Elliptorhina van Herrewege, 1973; Gromphadorina Brunner, 1865 et Princisia van Herrewege, 1973 (Insecta : Blattodea : Blaberidae)" [On the taxonomy, distribution, and biology of the hissing cockroaches of Madagascar of the genera Elliptorhina van Herrewege, 1973; Gromphadorina Brunner, 1865 and Princisia van Herrewege, 1973]. Le Bulletin d'Arthropoda (in French). 30 – via ResearchGate.
- ^ Steele, Shelby M.; Clopton, Debra T.; Clopton, Richard E. (2012). "Excystation Signals Do Not Isolate Gregarine Gene Pools: Experimental Excystation of Blabericola migrator Among 11 Species of Cockroaches". Journal of Parasitology. 98 (5): 946–950. doi:10.1645/ge-3122.1. ISSN 0022-3395. PMID 22540337. S2CID 42831918.