Blattidae

Blattidae is a cockroach family in the order Blattodea 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

Archiblattinae

Auth. Kirby, 1904; distribution: SE Asia

• Archiblatta Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1862
• Bundoksia <small>Lucañas, 2021</small>
• Catara Walker, 1868
• Protagonista Latreille, 1810

Blattinae

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

• Afrostylopyga <small>Anisyutkin, 2014</small>
• Apterisca <small>Princis, 1963</small>
• Blatta <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>
• Brinckella <small>Princis, 1963</small>
• Cartoblatta <small>Shelford, 1910</small>
• Deropeltis <small>Burmeister, 1838</small>
• Distylopyga
• Dorylaea <small>StÃ¥l, 1877</small>
• Duchailluia <small>Rehn, 1933</small>
• Eroblatta <small>Shelford, 1910</small>
• Eumethana <small>Princis, 1951</small>
• Hebardina <small>Bei-Bienko, 1938</small>
• Henicotyle <small>Rehn & Hebard, 1927</small>
• Homalosilpha <small>StÃ¥l, 1874</small>
• Macrostylopyga <small>Anisyutkin, Anichkin & Thinh, 2013</small>
• Maoriblatta <small>Princis, 1966</small>
• Mimosilpha <small>Bei-Bienko, 1957</small>
• Miostylopyga <small>Princis, 1966</small>
• Neostylopyga <small>Shelford, 1911</small>
• Pelmatosilpha <small>Dohrn, 1887</small>
• Periplaneta <small>Burmeister, 1838</small> (synonym Shelfordella )
• Pseudoderopeltis <small>Krauss, 1890</small>
• Scabinopsis <small>Bei-Bienko, 1969</small>
• Thyrsocera <small>Burmeister, 1838</small>
• †Bubosa Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

Macrocercinae

Auth. Roth, 1993; distribution: Australasia

• Macrocerca <small>Hanitsch, 1930</small>

Polyzosteriinae

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

• Anamesia <small>Tepper, 1893</small>
• Celatoblatta <small>Johns, 1966</small>
• Cosmozosteria <small>StÃ¥l, 1874</small>
• Desmozosteria <small>Shelford, 1909</small>
• Drymaplaneta <small>Tepper, 1893</small>
• Eppertia <small>Shaw, 1925</small>
• Eurycotis <small>StÃ¥l, 1874</small>
• Euzosteria <small>Shelford, 1909</small>
• Laevifaciesquadrialata
• Leptozosteria <small>Tepper, 1893</small>
• Megazosteria <small>Mackerras, 1966</small>
• Melanozosteria <small>StÃ¥l, 1874</small>
• Methana <small>StÃ¥l, 1877</small>
• Platyzosteria <small>Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865</small>
• Polyzosteria <small>Burmeister, 1838</small>
• Pseudolampra <small>Tepper, 1893</small>
• Scabina <small>Shelford, 1909</small>
• Temnelytra <small>Tepper, 1893</small>
• Zonioploca <small>StÃ¥l, 1874</small>

References

External links

• Gallery of cockroaches