Family Cryptocercidae

Classification · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Food · Works Cited

Brown-hooded Cockroach - Cryptocercus punctulatus

brown beetle? - Cryptocercus punctulatus

Wood cockroach? - Cryptocercus punctulatus

Reminds me honestly of a large roach - Cryptocercus punctulatus

roach or rove beetle? - Cryptocercus punctulatus

this doesnt belong here in Oregon does it? - Cryptocercus punctulatus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Blattodea (Cockroaches and Termites)

Superfamily Blattoidea

Family Cryptocercidae

Numbers

a single genus, with 5 spp. in our area and 7 spp. in e. Asia (12 spp. total)(1)

Range

holarctic, most diverse in China(2); in our area, 4 spp. in the Appalachians and 1 sp. in nw. US(3)

Habitat

temperate forests(3)

Food

wood(3)

Works Cited

1.	Blattodea species file online, by G. Beccaloni and D.C. Eades

2.	Plecoptera species file online, by R.E. DeWalt et al.

3.	Ecological niche conservation and differentiation in the wood-feeding cockroaches, Cryptocercus, in the United States By Kambhampati S., Peterson A.T.

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 17 December, 2011 - 2:12pm

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