Princisia vanwaerebeki

Princisia vanwaerebeki, commonly known as the vibrant hisser, is a species of cockroach in the family Blaberidae, and the only species in the genus Princisia.[1] It is endemic to Madagascar.[2] It is one of several species of cockroach sometimes infected by Blabericola migrator, a parasitic alveolate.[3] It is named in honour of two people: Karlis Princis for the genus name and Daniel van Waerebek, a helminthologist in Antananarivo.[4] 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.[2] Females usually live up to three years.[2]

Princisia vanwaerebeki
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Blaberidae
Genus: Princisia
Species:
P. vanwaerebeki
Binomial name
Princisia vanwaerebeki
van Herrewege, 1973

References
  1. "Vibrant Hisser". capecodroaches.com. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
  2. Delfosse, Emmanuel (2004). "Les blattes souffleuses de Madagascar". Insectes. 135.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
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