Family Blattellidae

blatellidae

Small to medium sized cockroaches represented in the United States by approximately 40 species belonging to 12 genera. The species depicted below should not be considered a comprehensive list of all species that occur in North America, and is based upon Nomina Neartica with additional species added as they are found. The name and date listed after each genus and species refers to the author that described the taxon and the year that the description was published. For those enclosed within parentheses, the species was initially described as belonging to another genus with subsequent workers moving the species to a different genus based on an improved understanding of phylogenetic relationships.

Genera of Blattellidae found within North America:

Blattella Caudell 1903

Cariblatta Hebard 1916

Chorisoneura Brunner 1865

Ectobius Stephens 1835

Euthlastoblatta Hebard 1917

Ischnoptera Burmeister 1838

Latiblattella Hebard 1917

Neoblattella Shelford 1911

Parcoblatta Hebard 1917

Phyllodromica (Fieber 1853)

Plectoptera Saussure 1864

Psuedomops Servolle 1831

Supella Shelford 1911

Symploce Hebard 1916

Species of cockroach known from North America belonging to the family Blattellidae:

Blattella Caudell 1903

Blattella asahinai Mizukubo 1981

Blattella germanica (Linnaeus 1767)

Blattella vaga Hebard 1935

Cariblatta Hebard 1916

Cariblatta lutea (Saussure and Zehntner 1893)

Chorisoneura Brunner 1865

Chorisoneura parishi Rehn 1918

Chorisoneura texensis Saussure and Zehntner 1893

Ectobius Stephens 1835

Ectobius lapponicus (Linnaeus 1758)

Ectobius pallidus (Olivier 1789)

Ectobius sylvestris (Poda 1761)

Euthlastoblatta Hebard 1917

Euthlastoblatta abortiva (Caudell 1904)

Euthlastoblatta gemma (Hebard 1917)

Ischnoptera Burmeister 1838

Ischnoptera deropeltiformis (Brunner 1865)

Latiblattella Hebard 1917

Latiblattella lucifrons Hebard 1917

Latiblattella rehni Hebard 1917

Neoblattella Shelford 1911

Neoblattella detersa (Walker 1868)

Parcoblatta Hebard 1917

Parcoblatta americana (Scudder 1900)

Parcoblatta bolliana (Saussure and Zehntner 1893)

Parcoblatta caudelli Hebard 1917

Parcoblatta desertae Rehn and Hebard 1909

Parcoblatta divisa (Saussure and Zehntner 1893)

Parcoblatta fulvescens (Saussure and Zehntner 1893)

Parcoblatta lata (Brunner 1865)

Parcoblatta notha (Rehn and Hebard 1910)

Parcoblatta pensylvanica (De Geer 1773)

Parcoblatta uhleriana (Saussure 1862)

Parcoblatta virginica (Brunner 1865)

Parcoblatta zebra Hebard 1917

Phyllodromica (Fieber 1853)

Phyllodromica trivittata (Serville 1839)

Plectoptera Saussure 1864

Plectoptera picta Saussure and Zehntner 1893

Plectoptera poeyi (Saussure 1862)

Psuedomops Servolle 1831

Pseudomops septentrionalis Hebard 1917

Supella Shelford 1911

Supella longipalpa (Fabricius 1798)

Symploce Hebard 1916

Symploce morsei Hebard 1916

Symploce pallens (Stephens 1835)