Ectobiidae (formerly Blattellidae) is a family of 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 ...
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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 ...
es). 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
* ''
Blattella germanica'': German cockroach
* ''
Cariblatta lutea'': Small yellow cockroach
* ''
Supella longipalpa
The brown-banded cockroach (''Supella longipalpa'') is a species of small cockroach, measuring about 10 to 14 mm long and the most well-known in the genus '' Supella''. It is tan to light brown and has two light-colored bands across the win ...
'': 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''
''Cockroach Species File'' (retrieved 20 July 2020)
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''NB'': subfamilies marked § are complete list as of 2020:
Blattellinae
Auth.: Karny, 1908 – worldwide
* '' Attaphila'' Wheeler, 1900 (Neotropical
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Definition
In biogeogra ...
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* '' Blattella'' Caudell, 1903
* '' Ischnoptera'' Burmeister, 1838[
* '' Loboptera'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865, 1865
* '']Lobopterella
''Lobopterella'' is a genus of cockroaches in the family ''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. ...
'' Princis, 1957[
* '' Neotemnopteryx'' Princis, 1951
* '' Parcoblatta'' Shelford, 1911][
* '' Pseudomops'' Serville, 1831][
* '' Saltoblattella'' Bohn, Picker, Klass & Colville, 2009]
* '' Symploce'' Hebard, 1916[
* '' Temnopteryx'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
]
Ectobiinae
§ Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 – Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia
# '' Arbiblatta'' Chopard, 1936
# '' Capraiellus'' Harz, 1976
# '' Choristima'' Tepper, 1895
# '' Dziriblatta'' Chopard, 1936
# '' Ectobius'' Stephens, 1835
# '' Ectoneura'' Shelford, 1907
# '' Eutheganopteryx'' Shelford, 1912
# '' Luridiblatta'' Fernandes, 1965
# '' Phyllodromica'' Fieber, 1853
# '' Planuncus'' Bohn, 2013
# '' Pseudectoneura'' Princis, 1974
# '' Stenectoneura'' Hebard, 1943
# '' Theganopteryx'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
Nyctiborinae
§ – Mexico, Central and South America
* '' Eunyctibora'' Shelford, 1908
* '' Eushelfordia'' Hebard, 1925
* '' Eushelfordiella'' Lopes & Oliveira, 2007
* '' Megaloblatta'' Dohrn, 1887
* '' Muzoa'' Hebard, 1921
* '' Nyctantonina'' Vélez, 2013
* '' Nyctibora'' Burmeister, 1838
* '' Paramuzoa'' Roth, 1973
* '' Paratropes'' Serville, 1838
* '' Pseudischnoptera'' Saussure, 1869
Pseudophyllodromiinae
Worldwide distribution, selected genera:
* '' Balta'' Tepper 1893
* '' Ellipsidion'' Saussure, 1863
* '' Neoblattella'' Shelford, 1911
* '' Pseudophyllodromia'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
* '' Supella'' Shelford, 1911
Genera ''
incertae sedis
or is a term used for a taxonomy (biology), taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertainty ...
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# '' Africablatta'' Rehn, 1933:
- ''A. patricia'' (Gerstaecker, 1883)
# '' Akaniblatta'' Princis, 1969
# '' Alsteinia'' Hanitsch, 1950
# '' Anareolaria'' Shelford, 1909
# '' Aneurinita'' Hebard, 1935
# '' Anisopygia'' Saussure, 1893
# '' Antitheton'' Hebard, 1919
# '' Aphlebiella'' Princis, 1965
# '' Aruistra'' Princis, 1965
# '' Astyloblatta'' Bey-Bienko, 1954
# '' Atticola'' Bolívar, 1905
# '' Blattellina'' Princis, 1951
# '' Caloblatta'' Saussure, 1893
# '' Celeriblattina'' Johns, 1966
# '' Ceuthobia'' Hebard, 1921
# '' Ceuthobiella'' Hebard, 1921
# '' Dictyoblattella'' Uvarov, 1940
# '' Dipteretrum'' Rehn, 1922
# '' Discalida'' Woo, Guo & Li, 1985
# '' Distichopis'' Bolívar, 1924
# '' Disymploce'' Bey-Bienko, 1958
# '' Drabeha'' Gurney, 1967
# '' Duryodana'' Kirby, 1903
# '' Dyakina'' Hebard, 1929
# '' Eldaina'' Estrada-Álvarez, 2022
# '' Eublattella'' Princis, 1950
# '' Euhebardula'' Princis, 1953
# '' Eulissosoma'' Hebard, 1926
# '' Euloboptera'' Princis, 1955
# '' Eurylestes'' Hebard, 1940
# '' Hanitschella'' Princis, 1951
# '' Hanitschia'' Bruijning, 1947
# '' Hanstroemidium'' Princis, 1963
# '' Hemipterisca'' Bey-Bienko, 1950
# '' Hemipterota'' Saussure, 1893
# '' Incoblatta'' Princis, 1948
# '' Liosilpha'' Stål, 1874
# '' Lophometopum'' Hebard, 1920
# '' Mallotoblatta'' Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
# '' Maretina'' Hebard, 1933
# '' Maretiola'' Bey-Bienko, 1968
# '' Margattina'' Bey-Bienko, 1958
# '' Microblatta'' Hebard, 1933
# '' Myrmeblattina'' Chopard, 1926
# '' Namablatta'' Rehn, 1937
# '' Neoleptoblatta'' Princis, 1963
# '' Nimbablatta'' Princis, 1963
# ''Nisibis
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'' Stål, 1877
# '' Nymphodromia'' Rehn & Hebard, 1927
# '' Onycholobus'' Hanitsch, 1938
# '' Operculea'' Bolívar, 1924
# '' Paraloboptera'' Saussure, 1870
# '' Parascalida'' Hanitsch, 1936
# '' Parellipsidion'' Johns, 1966
# '' Phorticolea'' Bolívar, 1905
# '' Piroblatta'' Shelford, 1907
# '' Rudebeckia'' Princis, 1963
# '' Sciablatta'' Hebard, 1921
# '' Sinablatta'' Princis, 1950
# '' Sutteriana'' Princis, 1957
# '' Tairella'' Hebard, 1926
# '' Xosaia'' Princis, 1963
References
See also
* List of Orthopteroid genera containing species recorded in Europe
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Cockroach families