Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Superfamily Blattoidea

Termite - Reticulitermes What's this? - Cryptocercus clevelandi The annual termite swarm - Reticulitermes Rove Beetle ? - Reticulitermes Roach?? - Periplaneta americana termites Termite? But what kind? - Zootermopsis nevadensis Female, Zootermopsis laticeps? - Zootermopsis laticeps
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)