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Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity

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Undergrad Poster Competition: SysEB, General

D3183: Cockroaches of the Amazon: New species of Blaberidae found in Peru

Monday, November 10, 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Pacific
Location: Exhibit Hall A-A1, OCC
Poster Display Student Competition
Blattodea diversity in the Amazon, and Peru specifically, is understudied. Peru has fewer known species than French Guyana despite being about 15 times its size and containing a significantly larger portion of the amazon rainforest. In 2021 and 2024, our lab collected specimens in the Madre de Dios, Peru. Our sample alone had higher diversity than was previously known from the entire country with high rates of endemism. We have found a number of undescribed species, including several in the Blaberidae family. I will be presenting on some of these, including from the genera: Lanxoblatta, Epilampra and Phoetalia, with the Phoetalia species being the first described in its genus for 160 years.