Ectobiidae

Wood cockroaches
Loboptera decipiens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Blattodea
Superfamily:	Blaberoidea
Family:	Ectobiidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
Subfamilies
See text
Synonyms
Phyllodromiidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 Plectopterinae McKittrick, 1964 Blattellidae Karny, 1908

Ectobiidae (formerly Blattellidae) ^{[1] [2]} is a family of the order Blattodea (cockroaches). This family contains many of the smaller common household pest cockroaches, among others. They are sometimes called wood cockroaches. ^[3] A few notable species include:

• European native cockroaches – genera including Ectobius, Capraiellus, Phyllodromica and Planuncus
• Blattella asahinai : Asian cockroach
• Blattella germanica : German cockroach
• Cariblatta lutea : Small yellow cockroach
• Supella longipalpa : Brown-banded cockroach
• Parcoblatta spp. including the:
  • Parcoblatta fulvescens : Fulvous wood cockroach
  • Parcoblatta pennsylvanica : Pennsylvania wood cockroach
  • Parcoblatta virginica : Virginia wood cockroach

Subfamilies and selected genera

The Cockroach Species File ^[4] includes five subfamilies. The Anaplectinae, previously placed here, have now been elevated to family level.
NB: subfamilies marked § are complete list as of 2020:

Blattellinae

Auth.: Karny, 1908 – worldwide

• Attaphila Wheeler, 1900 (Neotropical)
• Blattella Caudell, 1903 ^[5]
• Ischnoptera Burmeister, 1838 ^[5]
• Loboptera Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865, 1865
• Lobopterella Princis, 1957 ^[5]
• Neotemnopteryx Princis, 1951
• Parcoblatta Shelford, 1911 ^[5]
• Pseudomops Serville, 1831 ^[5]
• Saltoblattella Bohn, Picker, Klass & Colville, 2009 ^[6]
• Symploce Hebard, 1916 ^[5]
• Temnopteryx Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865

Ectobiinae

§ Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 – Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia

1. Arbiblatta Chopard, 1936
2. Capraiellus Harz, 1976
3. Choristima Tepper, 1895
4. Dziriblatta Chopard, 1936
5. Ectobius Stephens, 1835
6. Ectoneura Shelford, 1907
7. Eutheganopteryx Shelford, 1912
8. Luridiblatta Fernandes, 1965
9. Phyllodromica Fieber, 1853
10. Planuncus Bohn, 2013
11. Pseudectoneura Princis, 1974
12. Stenectoneura Hebard, 1943
13. Theganopteryx Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865

Nyctiborinae

§ – Mexico, Central and South America

• Eunyctibora Shelford, 1908
• Eushelfordia Hebard, 1925
• Eushelfordiella Lopes & Oliveira, 2007
• Megaloblatta Dohrn, 1887
• Muzoa Hebard, 1921
• Nyctantonina Vélez, 2013
• Nyctibora Burmeister, 1838 ^[7]
• Paramuzoa Roth, 1973
• Paratropes Serville, 1838
• Pseudischnoptera Saussure, 1869

Pseudophyllodromiinae

Worldwide distribution, selected genera:

• Balta Tepper 1893
• Ellipsidion Saussure, 1863
• Neoblattella Shelford, 1911
• Pseudophyllodromia Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
• Supella Shelford, 1911

Genera incertae sedis

1. Africablatta Rehn, 1933:
   - A. patricia(Gerstaecker, 1883)
2. Akaniblatta Princis, 1969
3. Alsteinia Hanitsch, 1950
4. Anareolaria Shelford, 1909
5. Aneurinita Hebard, 1935
6. Anisopygia Saussure, 1893
7. Antitheton Hebard, 1919
8. Aphlebiella Princis, 1965
9. Aruistra Princis, 1965
10. Astyloblatta Bey-Bienko, 1954
11. Atticola Bolívar, 1905
12. Blattellina Princis, 1951
13. Caloblatta Saussure, 1893
14. Celeriblattina Johns, 1966
15. Ceuthobia Hebard, 1921
16. Ceuthobiella Hebard, 1921
17. Dictyoblattella Uvarov, 1940
18. Dipteretrum Rehn, 1922
19. Discalida Woo, Guo & Li, 1985
20. Distichopis Bolívar, 1924
21. Disymploce Bey-Bienko, 1958
22. Drabeha Gurney, 1967
23. Duryodana Kirby, 1903
24. Dyakina Hebard, 1929
25. Eldaina Estrada-Álvarez, 2022
26. Eublattella Princis, 1950
27. Euhebardula Princis, 1953
28. Eulissosoma Hebard, 1926
29. Euloboptera Princis, 1955
30. Eurylestes Hebard, 1940
31. Hanitschella Princis, 1951
32. Hanitschia Bruijning, 1947
33. Hanstroemidium Princis, 1963
34. Hemipterisca Bey-Bienko, 1950
35. Hemipterota Saussure, 1893
36. Incoblatta Princis, 1948
37. Liosilpha Stål, 1874
38. Lophometopum Hebard, 1920
39. Mallotoblatta Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
40. Maretina Hebard, 1933
41. Maretiola Bey-Bienko, 1968
42. Margattina Bey-Bienko, 1958
43. Microblatta Hebard, 1933
44. Myrmeblattina Chopard, 1926
45. Namablatta Rehn, 1937
46. Neoleptoblatta Princis, 1963
47. Nimbablatta Princis, 1963
48. Nisibis Stål, 1877
49. Nymphodromia Rehn & Hebard, 1927
50. Onycholobus Hanitsch, 1938
51. Operculea Bolívar, 1924
52. Paraloboptera Saussure, 1870
53. Parascalida Hanitsch, 1936
54. Parellipsidion Johns, 1966
55. Phorticolea Bolívar, 1905
56. Piroblatta Shelford, 1907
57. Rudebeckia Princis, 1963
58. Sciablatta Hebard, 1921
59. Sinablatta Princis, 1950
60. Sutteriana Princis, 1957
61. Tairella Hebard, 1926
62. Xosaia Princis, 1963

References

1. Beccaloni, George; Eggleton, Paul (30 Aug 2013). "Order Blattodea". Zootaxa. 3703 (1). doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.10 . Retrieved 7 June 2019.
2. "order Blattodea". Cockroach Species File. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
3. "Blattellidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 29 December 2013.
4. Cockroach Species File (retrieved 20 July 2020)
5. "Blattellinae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 29 December 2013.
6. Bohn, H.; Picker, M.; Klass, K.-D.; Colville, J. (2010). "A jumping cockroach from South Africa, Saltoblattella montistabularis, gen. nov., spec. nov. (Blattodea: Blattellidae)" (PDF). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 68 (1). Senckenberg Gesellschaft: 53–69. ISSN   1864-8312. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-23. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
7. "Nyctiborinae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 29 December 2013.

See also

• List of Orthopteroid genera containing species recorded in Europe