A female of the #cockroach species #Blaptica #dubia (#Blaberidae, Blattodea), which is widespread in Argentina and Uruguay. It is a #macro #portrait of a living individual, which I took in 2020, primarily for aesthetic reasons.
#Biology aspects: sexual dimorphism: males have complete wings, females only have rudimentary wing systems.The phenomenon of "wingless" adult forms is called #brachyptery.
© #StefanFWirth 2023

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U. Warnecke & C. Hintze-Podufal (1996):
https://doi.org/10.1127/entom.gen/20/1996/185