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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Cockroaches and Termites (Blattodea) » Blaberoidea » Ovoviviparous Cockroaches (Blaberidae)

Family Blaberidae - Ovoviviparous Cockroaches

Classification · Numbers · Works Cited
Panchlora nivea Surinam Cockroach Nymph - Pycnoscelus surinamensis - female Pycnoscelus surinamensis Green Banana Cockroach- Panchlora nivea - Panchlora nivea Epilampra maya Blaberus sp. in Miami, FL - Blaberus Blaberus discoidalis - Miami - Blaberus discoidalis - male ID?
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Blattodea (Cockroaches and Termites)
Superfamily Blaberoidea
Family Blaberidae (Ovoviviparous Cockroaches)
Numbers
__ spp. in 7 genera of 4 subfamilies in our area(1), ~1,200 spp. in 165 genera of 12 subfamilies 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-) Cockroach species file online. Version 5.0
Contributed by tom murray on 7 May, 2005 - 5:39am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Graham M, v belov
Last updated 3 August, 2021 - 1:55pm

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