Blattidae

Blattidae Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–Recent [1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
American cockroach (Periplaneta americana)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Blattodea
Epifamily:	Blattoidae
Family:	Blattidae Latreille, 1810
Genera
See subfamilies and genera

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, Turkestan cockroach
• Botany Bay cockroach: ( Polyzosteria limbata )
• Australian cockroach
• Brown cockroach
• Smokybrown cockroach

Subfamilies and genera

Archiblattinae

Auth. Kirby, 1904; distribution: SE Asia

• Archiblatta Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1862
• Bundoksia Lucañas, 2021 ^{[3] [4]}
• Catara Walker, 1868
• Protagonista Latreille, 1810

Blattinae

Auth. Latreille, 1810; distribution: Worldwide; synonym Duchailluiinae Roth, 2003

Methana parva

• 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 ShelfordellaAdelung, 1910)
• Pseudoderopeltis Krauss, 1890
• Scabinopsis Bei-Bienko, 1969
• Thyrsocera Burmeister, 1838
• † Bubosa Šmídová, 2020 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 ^[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

1. 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 104359. Bibcode:2020CrRes.10904359Q. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104359. S2CID   213557497.
2. Cockroach Species File (retrieved 26 January 2018)
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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

• Gallery of cockroaches
• Media related to Blattidae at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Blattidae at Wikispecies