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Blattodea
Blattodea is an order (biology), order of insects that contains cockroaches and termites. Formerly, termites were considered a separate order, Isoptera, but genetics, genetic and molecular evidence suggests they evolved from within the cockroach lineage, cladistically making them cockroaches as well. The Blattodea and the mantis (order Mantodea) are now all considered part of the superorder Dictyoptera. Blattodea includes approximately 4,400 species of cockroach in almost 500 genera, and about 3,000 species of termite in around 300 genera. Termites are pale-coloured, soft-bodied eusocial insects that live in colonies, whereas cockroaches are darker-coloured (often brown), sclerotin, sclerotized, segmented insects. Within the colony, termites have a caste system, with a pair of mature reproductives, the king and the queen, and numerous sterile workers and soldiers. Cockroaches are not colonial but do have a tendency to aggregate and may be considered pre-social, as all adults are c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cockroach
Cockroaches (or roaches) are insects belonging to the Order (biology), order Blattodea (Blattaria). About 30 cockroach species out of 4,600 are associated with human habitats. Some species are well-known Pest (organism), pests. Modern cockroaches are an ancient group that first appeared during the Late Jurassic, with their ancestors, known as "Roachoid, roachoids", likely originating during the Carboniferous period around 320 million years ago. Those early ancestors, however, lacked the internal ovipositors of modern roaches. Cockroaches are somewhat generalized insects lacking special adaptations (such as the sucking Insect mouthparts, mouthparts of aphids and other Hemiptera, true bugs); they have chewing mouthparts and are probably among the most primitive of living Neopteran insects. They are common and hardy insects capable of tolerating a wide range of Köppen climate classification, climates, from Arctic cold to Tropics, tropical heat. Tropical cockroaches are often muc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamproblattidae
Lamproblattidae is a small family of South and Central American cockroaches in the order Blattodea Blattodea is an order (biology), order of insects that contains cockroaches and termites. Formerly, termites were considered a separate order, Isoptera, but genetics, genetic and molecular evidence suggests they evolved from within the cockroach .... It consists of three genera and 10 species: Note: linked pages within work also used. *''Eurycanthablatta'' Fritzsche & Zompro, 2008 :* ''E. pugionata'' Fritzsche & Zompro, 2008: Brazil *''Lamproblatta'' Hebard, 1919 :* ''L. albipalpus'' Hebard, 1919: Panama; Colombia; Brazil (Amapá) :* ''L. ancistroides'' Rehn, 1930: Colombia; Venezuela :* ''L. flavomaculata'' Princis, 1946: Colombia :* ''L. gorgonis'' Rehn, 1930: Colombia (Gorgona Island) :* ''L. meridionalis'' (Bruner, 1906): Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad) :* ''L. mimetes'' Rehn, 1930: Brazil (Mato Grosso) :* ''L. romani'' Rehn, 1930: Brazil (Amazonas) :* ''L. zamoren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dictyoptera
Dictyoptera (from Greek δίκτυον ''diktyon'' "net" and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing") is an insect superorder that includes two extant orders of polyneopterous insects: the order Blattodea (termites and cockroaches together) and the order Mantodea (mantises). All modern Dictyoptera have short ovipositors and typically lay oothecae. The oldest fossils of Dictyoptera from the Late Carboniferous, referred to as " roachoids" have long ovipositors and did not lay oothecae. The oldest modern oothecae-laying dictyopterans date to the Late Triassic. __TOC__ Classification and phylogeny The use of the term Dictyoptera has changed over the years, and while largely out of use for much of the last century, it is becoming more widely used. It has usually been considered a superorder, with Isoptera, Blattodea and Mantodea being its three orders. In some classifications, however, Dictyoptera is shifted to order status and in others the order Isoptera has been subsumed under Blattodea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Termite
Termites are a group of detritivore, detritophagous Eusociality, eusocial cockroaches which consume a variety of Detritus, decaying plant material, generally in the form of wood, Plant litter, leaf litter, and Humus, soil humus. They are distinguished by their moniliform antennae and the soft-bodied, unpigmented worker caste for which they have been commonly termed "white ants"; however, they are not ants but highly Apomorphy and synapomorphy, derived cockroaches. About 2,997 extant species are currently described, 2,125 of which are members of the family Termitidae. Termites comprise the infraorder Isoptera, or alternatively the Taxonomic rank#All ranks, epifamily Termitoidae, within the order Blattodea (the cockroaches). Termites were once classified in a separate Order (biology), order from cockroaches, but recent phylogenetic studies indicate that they evolved from cockroaches, as they are deeply nested within the group, and the sister group to wood-eating cockroaches of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Termites
Termites are a group of detritophagous eusocial cockroaches which consume a variety of decaying plant material, generally in the form of wood, leaf litter, and soil humus. They are distinguished by their moniliform antennae and the soft-bodied, unpigmented worker caste for which they have been commonly termed "white ants"; however, they are not ants but highly derived cockroaches. About 2,997 extant species are currently described, 2,125 of which are members of the family Termitidae. Termites comprise the infraorder Isoptera, or alternatively the epifamily Termitoidae, within the order Blattodea (the cockroaches). Termites were once classified in a separate order from cockroaches, but recent phylogenetic studies indicate that they evolved from cockroaches, as they are deeply nested within the group, and the sister group to wood-eating cockroaches of the genus '' Cryptocercus''. Previous estimates suggested the divergence took place during the Jurassic or Triassic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isoptera
Termites are a group of detritophagous eusocial cockroaches which consume a variety of decaying plant material, generally in the form of wood, leaf litter, and soil humus. They are distinguished by their moniliform antennae and the soft-bodied, unpigmented worker caste for which they have been commonly termed "white ants"; however, they are not ants but highly derived cockroaches. About 2,997 extant species are currently described, 2,125 of which are members of the family Termitidae. Termites comprise the infraorder Isoptera, or alternatively the epifamily Termitoidae, within the order Blattodea (the cockroaches). Termites were once classified in a separate order from cockroaches, but recent phylogenetic studies indicate that they evolved from cockroaches, as they are deeply nested within the group, and the sister group to wood-eating cockroaches of the genus '' Cryptocercus''. Previous estimates suggested the divergence took place during the Jurassic or Triassic. More ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ectobiidae
Ectobiidae (formerly Blattellidae) is a family of the order Blattodea (cockroaches). This family contains many of the smaller common household pest cockroaches, among others. They are sometimes called wood cockroaches. A few notable species include: * European native cockroaches – genera including ''Ectobius, Capraiellus, Phyllodromica'' and ''Planuncus'' * ''Blattella asahinai'': Asian Cockroach, Asian cockroach * ''Blattella germanica'': German cockroach * ''Cariblatta lutea'': Small yellow cockroach * ''Supella longipalpa'': Brown-banded cockroach * ''Parcoblatta'' spp. including the: ** ''Parcoblatta fulvescens'': Fulvous wood cockroach ** ''Parcoblatta pennsylvanica'': Pennsylvania wood cockroach ** ''Parcoblatta virginica'': Virginia wood cockroach Subfamilies and selected genera The ''Cockroach Species File'' includes five subfamilies. The Anaplectinae, previously placed here, have now been elevated to family level. ''NB'': subfamilies marked § are complete list as of 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cryptocercidae
''Cryptocercus'' is a genus of Dictyoptera (cockroaches and allies) and the sole member of its own family Cryptocercidae. Species are known as wood roaches or brown-hooded cockroaches. These roaches are subsocial, their young requiring considerable parental interaction. They also share wood-digesting gut bacteria types with wood-eating termites, and are therefore seen as evidence of a close genetic relationship, that termites are essentially evolved from social cockroaches. ''Cryptocercus'' is especially notable for sharing numerous characteristics with termites, and phylogenetic studies have shown this genus is more closely related to termites than it is to other cockroaches. These two lineages probably shared a common ancestor in the early Cretaceous. Species Found in North America and (especially temperate) Asia Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mantis
Mantises are an order (Mantodea) of insects that contains over 2,400 species in about 460 genera in 33 families. The largest family is the Mantidae ("mantids"). Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. They have triangular heads with bulging eyes supported on flexible necks. Their elongated bodies may or may not have wings, but all mantodeans have forelegs that are greatly enlarged and adapted for catching and gripping prey; their upright posture, while remaining stationary with forearms folded, resembling a praying posture, has led to the common name praying mantis. The closest relatives of mantises are termites and cockroaches (Blattodea), which are all within the superorder Dictyoptera. Mantises are sometimes confused with stick insects (Phasmatodea), other elongated insects such as grasshoppers (Orthoptera), or other more distantly related insects with raptorial forelegs such as mantisflies ( Mantispidae). Mant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corydiidae
Corydiidae, previously known as Polyphagidae, is a family of the order Blattodea (cockroaches). Many are known as sand cockroaches. The family is divided into five subfamilies, comprising some 40 genera. One prominent species is the desert cockroach, '' Arenivaga investigata''. Genera Corydiinae Selected genera: * '' Anisogamia'' * '' Arenivaga'' * '' Eremoblatta'' * '' Eucorydia'' * '' Hemelytroblatta'' * ''Polyphaga'' * '' Therea'' Latindiinae # '' Buboblatta'' Hebard, 1920 # '' Bucolion'' Rehn, 1932: ''Bucolion stygius'' # '' Compsodes'' Hebard, 1917 # '' Gapudipentax'' Lucañas, 2018 # '' Latindia'' Stål, 1860 # '' Melestora'' Stål, 1860 # '' Myrmecoblatta'' Mann, 1914 # '' Paralatindia'' Saussure, 1868 # '' Sinolatindia'' Qiu, Che & Wang, 2016 # '' Stenoblatta'' Walker, 1868 #†'' Okruhliak'' Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Kimmeridgian and Burmese Amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian Tiviinae # '' Simblerastes'' Rehn & Hebard, 1927 # '' Sphecophila'' Shelford, 1907 # '' Tivi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mantodea
Mantises are an Order (biology), order (Mantodea) of insects that contains List of mantis genera and species, over 2,400 species in about 460 genera in 33 families. The largest family is the Mantidae ("mantids"). Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. They have triangular heads with bulging eyes supported on flexible necks. Their elongated bodies may or may not have wings, but all mantodeans have forelegs that are greatly enlarged and adapted for catching and gripping prey; their upright posture, while remaining stationary with forearms folded, resembling a praying posture, has led to the common name praying mantis. The closest relatives of mantises are termites and cockroaches (Blattodea), which are all within the superorder Dictyoptera. Mantises are sometimes confused with stick insects (Phasmatodea), other elongated insects such as grasshoppers (Orthoptera), or other more distantly related insects with raptorial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polyphagidae
Corydiidae, previously known as Polyphagidae, is a family of the order Blattodea (cockroaches). Many are known as sand cockroaches. The family is divided into five subfamilies, comprising some 40 genera. One prominent species is the desert cockroach, '' Arenivaga investigata''. Genera Corydiinae Selected genera: * '' Anisogamia'' * '' Arenivaga'' * '' Eremoblatta'' * '' Eucorydia'' * '' Hemelytroblatta'' * ''Polyphaga'' * '' Therea'' Latindiinae # '' Buboblatta'' Hebard, 1920 # ''Bucolion'' Rehn, 1932: ''Bucolion stygius'' # '' Compsodes'' Hebard, 1917 # '' Gapudipentax'' Lucañas, 2018 # '' Latindia'' Stål, 1860 # '' Melestora'' Stål, 1860 # '' Myrmecoblatta'' Mann, 1914 # '' Paralatindia'' Saussure, 1868 # '' Sinolatindia'' Qiu, Che & Wang, 2016 # '' Stenoblatta'' Walker, 1868 #†'' Okruhliak'' Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Kimmeridgian and Burmese Amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian Tiviinae # '' Simblerastes'' Rehn & Hebard, 1927 # '' Sphecophila'' Shelford, 1907 # '' Tivia' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
