Blattidae
Appearance
	
	
| Blattidae Temporal range:  
 | |
|---|---|
| American cockroach (Periplaneta americana)  | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Blattodea | 
| Epifamily: | Blattoidae | 
| Family: | Blattidae Latreille, 1810  | 
| 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
[edit]Archiblattinae
[edit]Auth. Kirby, 1904; distribution: SE Asia
- Archiblatta Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1862
 - Bundoksia Lucañas, 2021[3][4]
 - Catara Walker, 1868
 - Protagonista Latreille, 1810
 
Blattinae
[edit]Auth. Latreille, 1810; distribution: Worldwide; synonym Duchailluiinae Roth, 2003

- 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 Shelfordella Adelung, 1910)
 - Pseudoderopeltis Krauss, 1890
 - Scabinopsis Bei-Bienko, 1969
 - Thyrsocera Burmeister, 1838
 - †Bubosa Šmídová, 2020 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
 
Macrocercinae
[edit]Auth. Roth, 1993; distribution: Australasia
- Macrocerca Hanitsch, 1930
 
Polyzosteriinae
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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.
 - ^ Cockroach Species File (retrieved 26 January 2018)
 - ^ 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.
 - ^ 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.
 - ^ 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.
 - ^ 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
[edit]- Gallery of cockroaches
 
 Media related to Blattidae at Wikimedia Commons
 Data related to Blattidae at Wikispecies