Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Holocompsa nitidula
cucaracha, Small Hairy Cockroach
Scavenger; a house dwelling species that may occur in disturbed habitats; collected March-May in litter below adventive Ceiba trees and at uv lights in coastal arid zone.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Blattodea
Superfamily
Polyphagoidea
Family
Polyphagidae
Genus
Holocompsa
Species
nitidula
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Cryptogenic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Peck, S.B. (1996) Diversity and distribution of the orthopteroid insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Canadian Journal of Zoology 74: 1497-1510.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Holocompsa nitidula", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6499. Accessed 4 June 2026.