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

Family Corydiidae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
74503 Arenivaga - Arenivaga genitalis - male Arenivaga - Arenivaga tenax - male Arenivaga sp. 2 - Arenivaga bolliana - male Arenivaga sp. 2 - Arenivaga bolliana - male Arenivaga sp. 2 - Arenivaga bolliana - male What Species? - Arenivaga Cockroach - Arenivaga bolliana Male, Arenivaga genitalis? - Arenivaga - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Blattodea (Cockroaches and Termites)
Superfamily Corydioidea
Family Corydiidae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Polyphagidae(1)
Explanation of Names
Corydiidae Saussure 1864
Numbers
14 spp. in 5 genera of 2 subfamilies in our area, ~250 spp. in ~40 genera of 5 subfamilies worldwide(1)
Range
worldwide in warmer climes, incl. sw. US (CA-TX) & FL(1)
species present in our area:
Genus Arenivaga (48 spp. total, so. US & Mexico)
[...]
Genus Compsodes (4 spp. total, US to Panama)
C. cucullatus: FL; Guatemala, Panama
C. schwarzi: FL, TX, AZ; Mexico
Genus Eremoblatta (2 spp. total, US & Mexico)
E. subdiaphana: TX-CA-NV
Genus Holocompsa (10 spp. total, most in C. America, two on Indian Ocean islands)
H. azteca: Mexico; USA
H. nitidula: circumtropical as household pest species (Neotropical origin)
Genus Myrmecoblatta (2 spp. total, US to Costa Rica)
M. wheeleri FL; Guatemala, Costa Rica
Works Cited
1.Beccaloni G.W. (2007-) Cockroach species file online. Version 5.0
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 28 September, 2006 - 7:49am
Additional contributions by v belov, John Carlson
Last updated 5 June, 2015 - 12:35am

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