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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Cockroaches and Termites (Blattodea) » Blattoidea » Brown-hooded Cockroaches (Cryptocercidae)

Family Cryptocercidae - Brown-hooded Cockroaches

Classification · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Food · Works Cited
Brown-hooded Cockroach - Cryptocercus garciai roach or rove beetle? - Cryptocercus punctulatus Wood Feeding Cockroach - Cryptocercus punctulatus Wood Roach - Cryptocercus wrighti Appalachian Hooded Roach nymph - Cryptocercus wrighti Cryptocercus punctulatus Cryptocercus punctulatus Cryptocercus punctulatus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Blattodea (Cockroaches and Termites)
Superfamily Blattoidea
Family Cryptocercidae (Brown-hooded Cockroaches)
Numbers
a single genus, with 5 spp. in our area and 7 spp. in e. Asia (12 spp. total)(1)
Range
holarctic, most diverse in China(2); in our area, 4 spp. in the Appalachians and 1 sp. in nw. US(3)
Habitat
temperate forests(3)
Food
wood(3)
Works Cited
1.Beccaloni G.W. (2007‒2023) Cockroach species file
2.DeWalt R.E., Maehr M.D., Neu-Becker U., Stueber G. (2013) Plecoptera species file online. Version 5.0
3.Ecological niche conservation and differentiation in the wood-feeding cockroaches, Cryptocercus, in the United States
Kambhampati S., Peterson A.T. 2007. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 90: 457–466.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Graham M, v belov
Last updated 3 August, 2021 - 1:50pm

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