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Superfamily Blattoidea

SubterraneanTermite Winged Adult Ventral View - Reticulitermes Cryptocercus clevelandi? - Cryptocercus clevelandi Subterranean Termite - Reticulitermes Zootermopsis augusticollis - Zootermopsis bug - Periplaneta americana Incisitermes schwarzi - Neotermes jouteli periplaneta americana - Periplaneta Incisitermes arizonensis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Blattodea (Cockroaches and Termites)
Superfamily Blattoidea
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
includes termites (formerly treated as order Isoptera)
Numbers
~60 spp. in 24 genera of 6 families in our area(1), ~3,600 spp. in ~350 genera of 13 families worldwide(2)