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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 ''Ectobius'' is a genus of non-cosmopolitan cockroaches once thought native to the Old World and described by James Francis Stephens in 1835, belonging to the family Ectobiidae, subfamily Ectobiinae. The discovery of 4 ectobius cockroaches in Col ...
,
Capraiellus ''Capraiellus'' is a genus of European, non-cosmopolitan cockroaches in the family Ectobiidae. Species The ''Cockroach Species File'' describes the following: # '' Capraiellus panzeri'' (Stephens, 1835) - type species- synonym '' Ectobius panzer ...
, Phyllodromica'' and '' Planuncus'' * ''
Blattella asahinai ''Blattella asahinai'', the Asian cockroach, is a species of cockroach that was first described in 1981 from insects collected on Okinawa Island, Japan. It is a small species of cockroach, typically long and tan to dark brown in colour with d ...
'': Asian cockroach * ''
Blattella germanica The German cockroach (''Blattella germanica''), colloquially known as the croton bug, is a species of small cockroach, typically about long. In color it varies from tan to almost black, and it has two dark, roughly parallel, streaks on the pron ...
'': German cockroach * ''
Cariblatta lutea ''Cariblatta lutea'' is a small species of cockroach native to the United States and other countries, measuring usually around 7 millimeters long as an adult and under 2 millimeters from head tip to abdomen tip at the 1st instar or hatchling. It ...
'': 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 ''Parcoblatta'' is a genus of 12 species of native North American wood cockroaches. The males often have wings and are drawn to lights, while the females are flightless. References External links

Cockroach genera {{Cockroach-stub ...
'' spp. including the: ** '' Parcoblatta fulvescens'': Fulvous wood cockroach ** ''
Parcoblatta pennsylvanica The Pennsylvania wood cockroach (''Parcoblatta pensylvanica'') or Pennsylvanian cockroach is a common species of cockroach in eastern and central North America. Description Males are dark brown; the sides of the thorax and the front half of t ...
'': 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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Anaplectinae Anaplectidae is a family of cockroaches in the order Blattodea. Previously placed as a subfamily of the Ectobiidae there are presently (2020) two genera and more than 90 described species in Anaplectidae. Genera These two genera belong to the ...
, previously placed here, have now been elevated to family level.
''NB'': subfamilies marked § are complete list as of 2020:


Blattellinae

Auth.: Karny, 1908 – worldwide * ''
Attaphila ''Attaphila'' is a genus of cockroaches that live as myrmecophiles in the nests of leaf-cutting ants. They have been suggested to feed on the fungus their host ants farm, or on the cuticular lipids of ant workers. ''Attaphila'' are not attacke ...
'' Wheeler, 1900 (
Neotropical The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In biogeogra ...
) * ''
Blattella ''Blattella'' is a genus of cosmopolitan and wild cockroaches in the family Ectobiidae. Species The Catalogue of Life The Catalogue of Life (CoL) is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, plants, fungi, and ...
'' 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 ''Parcoblatta'' is a genus of 12 species of native North American wood cockroaches. The males often have wings and are drawn to lights, while the females are flightless. References External links

Cockroach genera {{Cockroach-stub ...
'' Shelford, 1911 * '' Pseudomops'' Serville, 1831 * '' Saltoblattella'' Bohn, Picker, Klass & Colville, 2009 * ''
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'' Hebard, 1916 * '' Temnopteryx'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865


Ectobiinae 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 inclu ...

§ Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 – Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia # '' Arbiblatta'' Chopard, 1936 # ''
Capraiellus ''Capraiellus'' is a genus of European, non-cosmopolitan cockroaches in the family Ectobiidae. Species The ''Cockroach Species File'' describes the following: # '' Capraiellus panzeri'' (Stephens, 1835) - type species- synonym '' Ectobius panzer ...
'' Harz, 1976 # '' Choristima'' Tepper, 1895 # '' Dziriblatta'' Chopard, 1936 # ''
Ectobius ''Ectobius'' is a genus of non-cosmopolitan cockroaches once thought native to the Old World and described by James Francis Stephens in 1835, belonging to the family Ectobiidae, subfamily Ectobiinae. The discovery of 4 ectobius cockroaches in Col ...
'' Stephens, 1835 # '' Ectoneura'' Shelford, 1907 # '' Eutheganopteryx'' Shelford, 1912 # '' Luridiblatta'' Fernandes, 1965 # ''
Phyllodromica ''Phyllodromica'' is a genus of mostly Palaearctic cockroaches in the subfamily Ectobiinae, erected by Franz Xaver Fieber in 1853.Fieber FX (1853) ''Lotos'' 3: 93. The recorded distribution (probably incomplete) for species includes: mainland E ...
'' Fieber, 1853 # '' Planuncus'' Bohn, 2013 # '' Pseudectoneura'' Princis, 1974 # '' Stenectoneura'' Hebard, 1943 # '' Theganopteryx'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865


Nyctiborinae

§ – Mexico, Central and South America * ''
Eunyctibora ''Eunyctibora'' is a genus of cockroaches within 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 other ...
'' Shelford, 1908 * '' Eushelfordia'' Hebard, 1925 * '' Eushelfordiella'' Lopes & Oliveira, 2007 * ''
Megaloblatta ''Megaloblatta'' is a genus of Neotropical cockroaches in the family Ectobiidae. Species in this genus are long and can have a wingspan of up to ; the world's largest cockroach by length and wingspan is '' M. longipennis''. ''Megaloblatta'', l ...
'' 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 ''

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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 # ''
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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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Ectobiidae Cockroach families