Nocticolidae

Nocticolidae Temporal range: Cenomanian–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Spelaeoblatta gestroi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Blattodea
Superfamily:	Corydioidea
Family:	Nocticolidae

Nocticolidae is a small family in the order Blattodea (cockroaches). It consists of only 32 known species in 9 genera. They are found in Africa, Asia and Australia. Most live in cave habitats, although a few are associated with termites. Cave adapted species are known from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber, making them the oldest extant cavernicolous organisms. ^[1]

Genera

The family includes the following genera:

• Alluaudellina Chopard, 1932
• Cardacopsis Karny, 1924
• Cardacus Strand, 1928
• Metanocticola Roth, 1999
• Nocticola Bolívar, 1892
• Pholeosilpha Chopard, 1958
• Spelaeoblatta Bolívar, 1897
• Typhloblatta Chopard, 1924
• Typhloblattodes Chopard, 1946
• Crenocticola ^[2] Li and Huang, 2019 Burmese amber, Cenomanian
• Mulleriblattina ^[1] Sendi et al, 2020 Burmese amber, Cenomanian

References

1. Sendi, Hemen; Vršanský, Peter; Podstrelená, Lenka; Hinkelman, Jan; Kúdelová, Tatiana; Kúdela, Matúš; Vidlička, Ľubomír; Ren, Xiaoyin; Quicke, Donald L.J. (February 2020). "Nocticolid cockroaches are the only known dinosaur age cave survivors". Gondwana Research. 82: 288–298. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2020.01.002.
2. Li, Xin-Ran; Huang, Diying (February 2020). "A new mid-Cretaceous cockroach of stem Nocticolidae and reestimating the age of Corydioidea (Dictyoptera: Blattodea)". Cretaceous Research. 106 104202. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104202. ISSN   0195-6671.

• Blattodea Species File: Nocticolidae