Blattidae is a cockroach family in the order Blattodea[2] containing several of the most common household cockroaches. Notable species include:
- Blatta orientalis: Oriental cockroach,
- Common shining cockroach: (Drymaplaneta communis)
- Florida woods cockroach: (Eurycotis floridana)
- Periplaneta spp: American cockroach, Australian cockroach, Brown cockroach, Smokybrown cockroach, Turkestan cockroach
- Botany Bay cockroach: (Polyzosteria limbata)
| Blattidae Temporal range:
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| American cockroach (Periplaneta americana) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Epifamily: | Blattoidae |
| Family: | Blattidae Latreille, 1810 |
| Genera | |
Subfamilies and genera
editArchiblattinae
editAuth. Kirby, 1904; distribution: SE Asia
- Archiblatta Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1862
- Bundoksia Lucañas, 2021[3][4]
- Catara Walker, 1868
- Protagonista Latreille, 1810
Blattinae
editAuth. Latreille, 1810; distribution: Worldwide; synonym Duchailluiinae Roth, 2003
- Afrostylopyga Anisyutkin, 2014
- Apterisca Princis, 1963
- Blatta Linnaeus, 1758
- Brinckella Princis, 1963
- Cartoblatta Shelford, 1910
- Deropeltis Burmeister, 1838
- Distylopyga Bey-Bienko, 1965
- Dorylaea Stål, 1877
- Duchailluia Rehn, 1933
- Eroblatta Shelford, 1910
- Eumethana Princis, 1951
- Hebardina Bei-Bienko, 1938
- Henicotyle Rehn & Hebard, 1927
- Homalosilpha Stål, 1874
- Macrostylopyga Anisyutkin, Anichkin & Thinh, 2013
- Maoriblatta Princis, 1966
- Mimosilpha Bei-Bienko, 1957
- Miostylopyga Princis, 1966
- Neostylopyga Shelford, 1911
- Pelmatosilpha Dohrn, 1887
- Periplaneta Burmeister, 1838 (synonym Shelfordella Adelung, 1910)
- Pseudoderopeltis Krauss, 1890
- Scabinopsis Bei-Bienko, 1969
- Thyrsocera Burmeister, 1838
- †Bubosa Šmídová, 2020 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
Macrocercinae
editAuth. Roth, 1993; distribution: Australasia
- Macrocerca Hanitsch, 1930
Polyzosteriinae
editAuth. Tepper, 1893; distribution: central & South America, Pacific islands, Australasia
- Anamesia Tepper, 1893
- Celatoblatta Johns, 1966[5]
- Cosmozosteria Stål, 1874
- Desmozosteria Shelford, 1909
- Drymaplaneta Tepper, 1893
- Eppertia Shaw, 1925
- Eurycotis Stål, 1874
- Euzosteria Shelford, 1909
- Laevifaciesquadrialata Liao, Wang & Che, 2019[6]
- Leptozosteria Tepper, 1893
- Megazosteria Mackerras, 1966
- Melanozosteria Stål, 1874
- Methana Stål, 1877
- Platyzosteria Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
- Polyzosteria Burmeister, 1838
- Pseudolampra Tepper, 1893
- Scabina Shelford, 1909
- Temnelytra Tepper, 1893
- Zonioploca Stål, 1874
References
edit- ^ Qiu, L.; Liu, Y.-C.; Wang, Z.-Q.; Che, Y.-L. (2020). "The first blattid cockroach (Dictyoptera: Blattodea) in Cretaceous amber and the reconsideration of purported Blattidae". Cretaceous Research. 109: Article 104359. Bibcode:2020CrRes.10904359Q. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104359. S2CID 213557497.
- ^ Cockroach Species File (retrieved 26 January 2018)
- ^ Lucañas, Cristian C. (2021). "Bundoksia gen. nov. (Dictyoptera: Blattodea: Blattidae), A New sexually dimorphic Cockroach from the Philippines". Journal of Natural History. 55 (15–16): 1009–1020. Bibcode:2021JNatH..55.1009L. doi:10.1080/00222933.2021.1928317.
- ^ Li, Y; Luo, X; Zhang, J; Wang, Z; Che, Y (2022). "A new species of Bundoksia Lucañas, 2021 with comments on its subfamilial placement, based on morphological and molecular data". ZooKeys (1085): 145–163. Bibcode:2022ZooK.1085..145L. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1085.72927. PMC 8847261. PMID 35210908.
- ^ Djernæs, Marie; Murienne, Jérôme (2022). "Phylogeny of Blattoidea (Dictyoptera: Blattodea) with a revised classification of Blattidae" (PDF). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 80: 209–228. doi:10.3897/asp.80.e75819. ISSN 1864-8312.
- ^ Liao, Shuran; Wang, Zongqing; Che, Yanli (2019-06-05). "A new genus and a new species in the subfamily Polyzosteriinae (Blattodea, Blattidae) from China". ZooKeys (852): 85–100. Bibcode:2019ZooK..852...85L. doi:10.3897/zookeys.852.33325. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 6562000. PMID 31210744.
External links
edit- Gallery of cockroaches
- Media related to Blattidae at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Blattidae at Wikispecies
