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Superfamily Corydioidea

Female Boll's Sandroach - Arenivaga bolliana - female Arenivaga floridensis - female Arenivaga cockroach - Arenivaga bolliana Arenivaga sp. - Arenivaga - female Pale Cockroach - Arenivaga Arenivaga floridensis - male Cockroach - Compsodes schwarzi Cockroach - Compsodes schwarzi
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Blattodea (Cockroaches and Termites)
Superfamily Corydioidea
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=Polyphagoidea
Numbers
14 spp. in 5 genera of a single family in our area, ~250 spp. in ~50 genera of 2 families worldwide(1)
Range
warmer, mostly arid regions worldwide
Works Cited
1.Beccaloni G.W. (2007‒2023) Cockroach species file
Contributed by v belov on 17 December, 2011 - 1:07pm

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