Blattidae is a

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 cockro ...

family 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 ...

containing several of the most common household cockroaches. Notable species include: * '' Blatta orientalis'':

Oriental cockroach The oriental cockroach (''Blatta orientalis''), also known as the waterbug (as they live in damp areas) or black cockroach (as their bodies are mostly dark), is a large species of cockroach, adult males being and adult females being . It is dark ...

, * Common shining cockroach: (''Drymaplaneta communis'') * Florida woods cockroach: ('' Eurycotis floridana'') * ''

Periplaneta ''Periplaneta'' is a genus of cockroaches containing some of the well-known pest species with cosmopolitan distributions, such as: * ''Periplaneta americana'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – American cockroach * ''Periplaneta australasiae'' (Fabricius, 1775 ...

'' spp:

American cockroach The American cockroach (''Periplaneta americana'') is the largest species of common cockroach, and often considered a pest. In certain regions of the U.S. it is colloquially known as the waterbug, though it is not a true waterbug since it is not ...

, Australian cockroach, Brown cockroach, Smokybrown cockroach, Turkestan cockroach * Botany Bay cockroach: ('' Polyzosteria limbata'')

Subfamilies and genera

Archiblattinae

Auth. Kirby, 1904; distribution: SE Asia * '' Archiblatta'' Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1862 * '' Bundoksia'' Lucañas, 2021 * '' Catara'' Walker, 1868 * '' Protagonista'' Latreille, 1810

Blattinae

Auth. Latreille, 1810; distribution: Worldwide; synonym Duchailluiinae Roth, 2003 Methana parva

* '' Afrostylopyga'' Anisyutkin, 2014 * '' Apterisca'' Princis, 1963 * '' Blatta'' Linnaeus, 1758 * '' Brinckella'' Princis, 1963 * '' Cartoblatta'' Shelford, 1910 * * '' Deropeltis'' Burmeister, 1838 * '' Distylopyga'' * '' Dorylaea'' Stål, 1877 * '' Duchailluia'' Rehn, 1933 * '' Eroblatta'' Shelford, 1910 * '' Eumethana'' Princis, 1951 * '' Hebardina'' Bei-Bienko, 1938 * '' Henicotyle'' Rehn & Hebard, 1927 * '' Homalosilpha'' Stål, 1874 * '' Macrostylopyga'' Anisyutkin, Anichkin & Thinh, 2013 * '' Maoriblatta'' Princis, 1966 * '' Mimosilpha'' Bei-Bienko, 1957 * '' Miostylopyga'' Princis, 1966 * '' Neostylopyga'' Shelford, 1911 * '' Pelmatosilpha'' Dohrn, 1887 * ''

'' Burmeister, 1838 (synonym ''Shelfordella'' ) * '' Pseudoderopeltis'' Krauss, 1890 * '' Scabinopsis'' Bei-Bienko, 1969 * '' Thyrsocera'' Burmeister, 1838 *†'' Bubosa''

Burmese amber Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. Th ...

, Myanmar,

Cenomanian The Cenomanian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy's (ICS) geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age (geology), age of the Late Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch or the lowest stage (stratigraphy), stage of the Upper Cretace ...

Macrocercinae

Auth. Roth, 1993; distribution: Australasia * '' Macrocerca'' Hanitsch, 1930

Polyzosteriinae

Auth. Tepper, 1893; distribution: central & South America, Pacific islands, Australasia * '' Anamesia'' Tepper, 1893 * '' Celatoblatta'' Johns, 1966 * '' Cosmozosteria'' Stål, 1874 * '' Desmozosteria'' Shelford, 1909 * '' Drymaplaneta'' Tepper, 1893 * '' Eppertia'' Shaw, 1925 * '' Eurycotis'' Stål, 1874 * '' Euzosteria'' Shelford, 1909 *'' Laevifaciesquadrialata'' *'' Leptozosteria'' Tepper, 1893 * '' Megazosteria'' Mackerras, 1966 * '' Melanozosteria'' Stål, 1874 * ''

Methana Methana (, ) is a town and a former Communities and Municipalities of Greece, municipality on the Peloponnese peninsula, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Troizinia-Methana, of which it is a municipal ...

'' Stål, 1877 * '' Platyzosteria'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 * '' Polyzosteria'' Burmeister, 1838 * '' Pseudolampra'' Tepper, 1893 * '' Scabina'' Shelford, 1909 * '' Temnelytra'' Tepper, 1893 * '' Zonioploca'' Stål, 1874

References

External links

Gallery of cockroaches
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Blattidae Cockroach families Extant Late Cretaceous first appearances