Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Chorisoneura carpenteri
cucaracha, Carpenter cockroach
The scavenger species inhabits areas ranging from arid to pampa zones. Specimens have been collected primarily between January and June. Notably, there is considerable variation in the length of the tegmina and flight wings, both within and between different islands.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Blattodea
Superfamily
Blaberoidea
Family
Blattellidae
Genus
Chorisoneura
Species
carpenteri
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Santa Cruz, Isabela, Floreana y Santiago.
- Betancourt-Cargua, L. Román, A.C., Vilema-Ramos, B., Pinto C. M (2024) First catalog (1964–2024) of type insects in the Invertebrates Collection of the Charles Darwin Research Station (ICCDRS), Galápagos Islands—Ecuador Zootaxa 5551 (3): 479–511
- Peck, S.B. Roth, L.M. (1992) Cockroaches of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, with descriptions of three new species (Insecta: Blattodea). Canadian Journal of Zoology 70(12): 2202-2217.
- Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.
- Peck, S.B. (1996) Diversity and distribution of the orthopteroid insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Canadian Journal of Zoology 74: 1497-1510.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Chorisoneura carpenteri", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5692. Accessed 5 June 2026.