Blattellinae Explained

Blattellinae is a subfamily of the wood cockroach family, Ectobiidae (formerly "Blattellidae"). It includes the global household pest Blattella germanica, the German cockroach,^[1] and a number of endangered species. It contains about 70 genera.^[2]

Genera

• Attaphila Wheeler, 1900^[3]
• Blattella Caudell, 1903
• Hololeptoblatta^[4] Bolívar, 1924 – endangered spp.
• Ischnoptera Burmeister, 1838
• Loboptera Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
• Lobopterella Princis, 1957
• Miriamrothschildia^[5] Roth, 1989 – endangered spp.
• Neotemnopteryx Princis, 1951
• Parcoblatta Shellford, 1911
• Pseudomops Serville, 1831
• Saltoblattella Bohn, 2009 - monotypic Saltoblattella montistabularis^[6]
• Symploce Hebard, 1916
• Temnopteryx Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
• Other genera:

Agmoblatta – Akaniblatta – Alsteinia – Anallacta – Aneurinita – Anisopygia – Antitheton – Aphlebiella – Arublatta – Aruistra – Aseucina – Astylella – Astyloblatta – Beybienkoa – Blattellina – Caboverdea – Caffroblatta – Cahita – Calhypnorna – Caloblatta – Carbrunneria – Ceratinoptera – Ceuthobia – Ceuthobiella – Chorisia – Chrastoblatta – Chromatonotus – Compsosilpha – Dasyblatta – Desmosia – Dewittea – Dictyoblattella – Dipteretrum – Distichopis – Disymploce – Dyakina – Dyakinodes – Eowilsonia – Episymploce – Escala – Euandroblatta – Eublattella – Eudromiella – Euhanitschia – Euhebardula – Euhypnorna – Eulissosoma – Euloboptera – Eurylestes – Franwalkeria – Gislenia – Hanitschella – Hanitschia – Haplosymploce – Helgaia – Hemipterisca – Hemithyrsocera – Hensaussurea – Hoplophoropyga – Hypnorna – Hypnornoides – Ignabolivaria – Incoblatta – Isoldaia – Jacobsonina – Johnrehnia – Jotepperia – Keyella – Leptothyrsocera – Litoblatta – Lobodromia – Lobopteromorpha – Lophometopum – Macrophyllodromia – Mallotoblatta – Maretina – Maretiola – Mayottella – Megamare – Microblatta – Molestella – Moluchia – Namablatta – Nelipophygus – Neoleptoblatta – Neoloboptera – Nesomylachris – Nimbablatta – Nondewittea – Nothoblatta – Nymphodromia – Onycholobus – Operculea – Ornatiblatta – Pachneblatta – Papuablatta – Paraectoneura – Parajacobsonina – Paraloboptera – Parascalida – Parasigmoidella – Parasymploce – Paratemnopteryx – Parellipsidion – Pholeosilpha – Phymatosilpha – Pseudectobia – Pseudoanaplectinia – Pseudoceratinoptera – Pseudosigmella – Pseudosymploce – Pseudothyrsocera – Rhytidometopum – Richanitschia – Robshelfordia – Rudebeckia – Scalida – Sciablatta – Shawella – Sigmella – Sinablatta – Sliferia – Squamoptera – Stayella – Symplocodes – Tairella – Tartaroblatta – Termitoblatta – Trogloblattella – Xestoblatta – Xosablatta – Xosaia – †Piniblattella

Notes and References

1. Book: Berenbaum, May . Ninety-nine Gnats, Nits, and Nibblers. registration. 1989. University of Illinois Press. 978-0-252-06027-4. 3.
2. http://cockroach.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1174511 Cockroach Species File
3. http://cockroach.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1176501 CSF: genus Attaphila Wheeler, 1900
4. http://cockroach.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1175062 CSF: Hololeptoblatta
5. http://cockroach.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1175334 CSF: Miriamrothschildia
6. Bohn . H. . M. . Picker . K.-D. . Klass . J. . Colville . 2010 . A jumping cockroach from South Africa, Saltoblattella montistabularis, gen. nov., spec. nov. (Blattodea: Blattellidae) . Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny . 68 . 1 . 53–69 . 1864-8312 . Senckenberg Gesellschaft . 10.3897/asp.68.e31714 . free .