Blattidae Explained

Blattidae is a cockroach family in the order Blattodea^[1] 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)

Subfamilies and genera

Archiblattinae

Auth. Kirby, 1904; distribution: SE Asia

• Archiblatta Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1862
• Bundoksia Lucañas, 2021^{[2] [3]}
• Catara Walker, 1868
• Protagonista Latreille, 1810

Blattinae

Auth. 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
• 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)
• Pseudoderopeltis Krauss, 1890
• Scabinopsis Bei-Bienko, 1969
• Thyrsocera Burmeister, 1838
• †Bubosa Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

Macrocercinae

Auth. Roth, 1993; distribution: Australasia

• Macrocerca Hanitsch, 1930

Polyzosteriinae

Auth. Tepper, 1893; distribution: central & South America, Pacific islands, Australasia

• Anamesia Tepper, 1893
• Celatoblatta Johns, 1966^[4]
• Cosmozosteria Stål, 1874
• Desmozosteria Shelford, 1909
• Drymaplaneta Tepper, 1893
• Eppertia Shaw, 1925
• Eurycotis Stål, 1874
• Euzosteria Shelford, 1909
• Laevifaciesquadrialata ^[5]
• 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

External links

• Gallery of cockroaches

Notes and References

1. http://cockroach.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1178183 Cockroach Species File (retrieved 26 January 2018)
2. Cristian C. . Lucañas . 2021 . Bundoksia gen. nov. (Dictyoptera: Blattodea: Blattidae), A New sexually dimorphic Cockroach from the Philippines . . 55 . 15–16 . 1009–1020 . 10.1080/00222933.2021.1928317 . 2021JNatH..55.1009L . en.
3. 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 . . 1085 . 145–163 . 10.3897/zookeys.1085.72927. free . 35210908 . 8847261 . 2022ZooK.1085..145L .
4. Djernæs . Marie . Murienne . Jérôme . 2022 . Phylogeny of Blattoidea (Dictyoptera: Blattodea) with a revised classification of Blattidae . Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny . 80 . 209–228 . 10.3897/asp.80.e75819 . 1864-8312 . free.
5. 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. 10.3897/zookeys.852.33325. 31210744. 6562000. 1313-2970. free. 2019ZooK..852...85L .