Ectobiidae

Wood cockroaches
Loboptera decipiens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Blattodea
Family:Ectobiidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
Subfamilies
Synonyms
  • Phyllodromiidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
  • Plectopterinae McKittrick, 1964
  • Blattellidae Karny, 1908

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.[1] A few notable species include:

Subfamilies and selected Genera

The Cockroach Species File[2] includes lists the following (subfamilies marked § are complete list as of end 2017):

  • Anaplectinae § Walker, 1868 – all tropical continents
    • Anaplecta Burmeister, 1838
    • Maraca Hebard, 1926
  • Attaphilinae §– south America
    • Attaphila Wheeler, 1900
  • Blattellinae Karny, 1908 – worldwide
  • Ectobiinae § Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 – Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia
    • Arbiblatta Chopard, 1936
    • Capraiellus Harz, 1976
    • Choristima Tepper, 1895
    • Ectobius Stephens, 1835[5]
    • Ectoneura Shelford, 1907
    • Luridiblatta Fernandes, 1965
    • Phyllodromica Fieber, 1853
    • Planuncus Bohn, 2013
    • Pseudectoneura Princis, 1974
    • Stenectoneura Hebard, 1943
    • Theganopteryx Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
  • Nyctiborinae § – south America
    • Eunyctibora Shelford, 1908
    • Eushelfordia Hebard, 1925
    • Eushelfordiella Lopes & Oliveira, 2007
    • Megaloblatta Dohrn, 1887
    • Muzoa Hebard, 1921
    • Nyctantonina Vélez, 2013
    • Nyctibora Burmeister, 1838[6]
    • Paramuzoa Roth, 1973
    • Paratropes Serville, 1838
    • Pseudischnoptera Saussure, 1869
  • Pseudophyllodromiinae – worldwide
    • Pseudophyllodromia Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
    • Supella Shelford, 1911
  • Unplaced genera
    • Africablatta Rehn, 1933: A. patricia (Gerstaecker, 1883)
    • Lanta Hebard, 1921

See also

References

  1. "Blattellidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  2. Cockroach Species File (retrieved 26 January 2018)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Blattellinae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  4. Bohn, H.; Picker, M.; Klass, K.-D.; Colville, J. (2010). "A jumping cockroach from South Africa, Saltoblattella montistabularis, gen. nov., spec. nov. (Blattodea: Blattellidae)" (PDF). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. Senckenberg Gesellschaft. 68 (1): 53–69. ISSN 1864-8312. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
  5. "Ectobiinae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  6. "Nyctiborinae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
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