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

Superfamily Blattoidea

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Works Cited
Assistance in ID of Roach? Do they Bite? - Periplaneta fuliginosa Periplaneta - Periplaneta fuliginosa - female Turkestan Cockroach? - Shelfordella lateralis Crawler fell out of my pant leg - Incisitermes minor Termites? - Reticulitermes American Cockroach - Periplaneta americana Termite - Reticulitermes Smoky Brown Cockroach Nymph - Lateral - Periplaneta fuliginosa
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-) Cockroach species file online. Version 5.0
Contributed by v belov on 17 December, 2011 - 1:07pm

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