| Corydiidae Temporal range:   | |
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| Polyphaga pellucida in the Saint Petersburg Zoological Museum | |
|  Scientific classification   | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Blattodea | 
| Superfamily: | Corydioidea | 
| Family: |  Corydiidae  Saussure & Zehntner, 1893  | 
| Subfamilies | |
 Corydiinae  Contents | |
| Synonyms | |
Polyphagidae  | |
Corydiidae, previously known as Polyphagidae, [2] is a family of the order Blattodea (cockroaches). Many are known as sand cockroaches. The family is divided into five subfamilies, comprising some 40 genera. [3] [4] One prominent species is the desert cockroach, Arenivaga investigata .
Selected genera: