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Blattoidea
Superfamily Blattoidea
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
)
Works Cited
1.
American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.
Beccaloni G.W. (2007‒2023) Cockroach species file
Contributed by
v belov
on 17 December, 2011 - 1:07pm