Blattidae

Blattidae
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–Recent[1]
American cockroach
(Periplaneta americana)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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:

Subfamilies and genera

Archiblattinae

Auth. Kirby, 1904; distribution: SE Asia

Blattinae

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

Methana parva

Macrocercinae

Auth. Roth, 1993; distribution: Australasia

Polyzosteriinae

Auth. Tepper, 1893; distribution: central & South America, Pacific islands, Australasia

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: Article 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.