| Blattellinae | |
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| Blattella germanica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Ectobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Blattellinae |
| Genera | |
~70; see text | |
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]
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
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Ectobius is a genus of non-cosmopolitan cockroaches once thought native to the Old World and described by Stephens in 1835, belonging to the family Ectobiidae, subfamily Ectobiinae. The discovery of 4 ectobius cockroaches in Colorado dating to 49 million years ago suggests the genus actually originated in North America. This genus has been subject to a number of revisions.
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Dziriblatta is a genus of mostly Palaearctic cockroaches in the subfamily Ectobiinae, erected by Lucien Chopard in 1936. For several decades synonymized with Lobolampra, the genus was returned to valid status by Bohn in 2019, who provides information on its characteristics and differentiation from other genera, with a key to the subgenera. The species distribution includes: North Africa, the Iberian peninsula and associate Atlantic Ocean islands, with probably incomplete locality records to Cyprus and the Middle East.
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