Holocompsa

Holocompsa
Holocompsa azteca
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Blattodea
Family:	Corydiidae
Genus:	Holocompsa Burmeister, 1838

Holocompsa is a genus of hairy sand cockroaches in the family Corydiidae. It is the only genus in the subfamily Holocompsinae. ^[1]

Distribution

Eight of 11 species of the genus Holocompsa are found in the Americas; two species are found in Asia, H. debilis and H. zhangi; and one species is found in Africa, H. pusilla. ^[2]

Species

The following species have been described: ^{[3] [2]}

• Holocompsa azteca (Saussure, 1862)
• Holocompsa binotata (Saussure & Zehntner, 1894)
• Holocompsa cyanea (Burmeister, 1838)
• Holocompsa debilis (Walker, 1868)
• Holocompsa nitidula (Fabricius, 1781)
• Holocompsa panamae (Hebard, 1920)
• Holocompsa pusilla (Bolívar, 1924)
• † Holocompsa scleroptera (Vršanský et al., 2025)
• Holocompsa scotaea (Hebard, 1922)
• Holocompsa tolteca (Saussure & Zehntner, 1894)
• Holocompsa zapoteca (Saussure & Zehntner, 1894)
• Holocompsa zhangi (Qiu, Wang, & Che, 2020)

References

1. Gutiérrez, E. (1995). "Annotated Checklist of Cuban Cockroaches". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 121 (1/2): 65–85. JSTOR   25078586.
2. Qiu, L.; Wang, Z. -Q.; Che, Y. -L. (2020). "Discovery of the second Asian Holocompsa species from China, and supplemental description of the male of H. debilis (Blattodea: Corydiidae: Euthyrrhaphinae)". Annales de la Société entomologique de France. Nouvelle Série. 56 (6): 481–487. doi:10.1080/00379271.2020.1852889.
3. "genus Holocompsa Burmeister, 1838: Cockroach Species File". Cockroach Species File.