| Wood cockroaches | |
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| Loboptera decipiens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Superfamily: | Blaberoidea |
| Family: | Ectobiidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 |
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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 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: 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 includes five subfamilies. The Anaplectinae, 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 Wheeler, 1900 (Neotropical)
- Blattella Caudell, 1903
- Ischnoptera Burmeister, 1838
- Loboptera Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
- Lobopterella Princis, 1957
- Neotemnopteryx Princis, 1951
- Parcoblatta Shellford, 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
- 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 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
- Beccaloni, George; Eggleton, Paul (30 Aug 2013). "Order Blattodea". Zootaxa. 3703 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.10. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- "order Blattodea". Cockroach Species File. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- "Blattellidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
- Cockroach Species File (retrieved 20 July 2020)
- ^ "Blattellinae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
- 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. 68 (1). Senckenberg Gesellschaft: 53–69. ISSN 1864-8312. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-23. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
- "Nyctiborinae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
See also
| Extant Blattodea families | |||||||||
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| Corydioidea | |||||||||
| Blaberoidea | |||||||||
| Blattoidea |
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| Classification is based on Inward et al. (2007). Italic are paraphyletic groups. | |||||||||
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Blattellidae |
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