Life history traits of cockroaches in sugar-cane fields in La Réunion (Blattodea: Blattellidae and Blaberidae)

Abstract

As there are no descriptions of immature stages and of the life history traits of the seven cockroach species found in sugar-cane fields in La Réunion, their development was followed from egg to adult under laboratory conditions. Six Blattellidae species: Blattella lituricollis (Walker), Blattella biligata (Walker), Balta longicercata (Bolivar), Scalida latiusvittata (Brunner), Margattea nimbata nimbata Shelford, Lobopterella dimidiatipes (Bolivar) and one Blaberidae species: Pycnoscelus surinamensis (L.) are described.