Cryptocercus punctulatus (Dictyoptera : Cryptocercidae) from monadnocks inthe Piedmont of North Carolina

Authors
Nalepa, CA
Citation
Ca. Nalepa, Cryptocercus punctulatus (Dictyoptera : Cryptocercidae) from monadnocks inthe Piedmont of North Carolina, J ENTOM SCI, 36(4), 2001, pp. 329-334
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology/Pest Control
Journal title
JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGICAL SCIENCE
ISSN journal
07498004 → ACNP
Volume
36
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
329 - 334
Database
ISI
SICI code
0749-8004(200110)36:4<329:CP(:CF>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
The wood-feeding cockroach, Cryptocercus punctulatus Scudder, is endemic to the Southern Appalachian Mountains where its range extends from southweste rn New York to Alabama. Here, it is reported from four monadnocks (isolated mountains) in the Piedmont of North Carolina. This finding expands the rec orded distribution of the insect and is congruent with the pattern of other montane species isolated in these habitats as a result of climatic changes associated with glaciation.