Superfamily Blattoidea

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Works Cited

winged brown hooded cockroach? - Blatta orientalis - male

Cryptocercus punctulatus-ventral view - Cryptocercus punctulatus

Termite submitted for species range - Neotermes

Periplaneta fuliginosa (Smoky Brown Cockroach) nymph - 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. (2007‒2023) Cockroach species file

Contributed by v belov on 17 December, 2011 - 1:07pm

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