Corydiidae, previously known as Polyphagidae, is a family of the order

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es). 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'' * ''

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Latindiinae

# '' Buboblatta'' Hebard, 1920 # '' Bucolion'' Rehn, 1932: ''

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'' # '' 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 In the geologic timescale, the Kimmeridgian is an age in the Late Jurassic Epoch and a stage in the Upper Jurassic Series. It spans the time between 154.8 ±0.8 Ma and 149.2 ±0.7 Ma (million years ago). The Kimmeridgian follows the Oxfordian ...

and

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 ...

Tiviinae

# '' Simblerastes'' Rehn & Hebard, 1927 # '' Sphecophila'' Shelford, 1907 # '' Tivia'' Walker, 1869

Euthyrrhaphinae

# '' Euthyrrhapha'' Burmeister, 1838

Holocompsinae

# '' Holocompsa'' Burmeister, 1838 # †'' Sajda'' Vršanský in Vršanský et al., 2021

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Hauterivian The Hauterivian is, in the geologic timescale, an age in the Early Cretaceous Epoch or a stage in the Lower Cretaceous Series. It spans the time between 132.6 ± 2 Ma and 125.77 (million years ago). The Hauterivian is preceded by the Valangi ...

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Extant genera

# '' Anacompsa'' Shelford, 1910 # '' Ctenoneura'' Hanitsch, 1925 # '' Homopteroidea'' Shelford, 1906 # '' Ipisoma'' Bolívar, 1893 # '' Ipolatta'' Karny, 1914 # '' Melyroidea'' Shelford, 1912 # '' Oulopteryx'' Hebard, 1921 # '' Pholadoblatta'' Rehn & Hebard, 1927 # '' Zetha'' Shelford, 1913

Extinct genera

Reference: *†'' Afrophaga''

*†'' Bimodala''

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,

*†'' Bimini'' Chulym-Yenisei Depression, Russia,

Late Jurassic The Late Jurassic is the third Epoch (geology), epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it spans the geologic time scale, geologic time from 161.5 ± 1.0 to 143.1 ± 0.8 million years ago (Ma), which is preserved in Upper Jurassic stratum, strata.Owen ...

*†'' Corydoblatta'' Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian *†'' Cretaholocompsa'' Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan,

and La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation, Spain,

Barremian The Barremian is an age in the geologic timescale (or a chronostratigraphic stage) between 125.77 Ma (million years ago) and 121.4 ± 1.0 Ma (Historically, this stage was placed at 129.4 million to approximately 125 million years ago) It is a ...

*†'' Fragosublatta'' Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian *†'' Magniocula'' Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian *†'' Nodosigalea'' Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian *†'' Obscuroblatta'' Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian *†'' Piloscutumus'' Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian *†'' Pokemon'' Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian *†'' Spinka'' Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian *†'' Squamicaputa'' Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Corydiidae Cockroach families Extant Late Jurassic first appearances