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Checklist for Family Blaberidae Saussure, 1864 (Blaberids)
and region Melanesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
591
9292
32656
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
588
9284
32647
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
562
9130
32273
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
73
564
1562
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Blattodea
Latreille, 1810
Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Termites
11
84
349
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Blaberoidea
Saussure, 1864
4
34
125
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyBlaberidae
Saussure, 1864
Blaberids, Giant cockroach, Giant cockroaches
11
40
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Melanesia
11 Genera with 40 Species
Ancaudellia Shaw, 198219SpeciesTaxom
Blaberus Serville, 18392SpeciesTaxom
Diploptera de Saussure, 18221SpeciesTaxom
Nauphoeta Burmeister, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Panesthia Serville, 19799SpeciesTaxom
Paranauphoeta Brunner von ..., 18651SpeciesTaxom
Perisphaerus Serville, 18311SpeciesTaxom
Pycnoscelus Scudder, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Rhabdoblatta Kirby, 18683SpeciesTaxom
Rhyparobia Krauss, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Salganea Stål, 19793SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Melanesia
40 Species and 4 Subspecies
Ancaudellia bruijningi Roth, L. M., 1982
Ancaudellia depilis Roth, L. M., 1982
Ancaudellia depuis Roth, 1982
Ancaudellia froggatti Shelford, 1911
Ancaudellia froggatti froggatti Shelford, 1911
Ancaudellia hamifera Hanitsch, 1930
Ancaudellia hamitschi
Ancaudellia hanitschi Roth, L. M., 1982
Ancaudellia marshallae Roth, 1977
Ancaudellia noonadan Roth, L. M., 1982
Ancaudellia rennellensis Princis, 1970
Ancaudellia salganeoides Roth, L. M., 1982
Ancaudellia serratissima Brunner von ..., 1865
Ancaudellia serratissima serratissima Brunner von ..., 1865
Ancaudellia setula Roth, L. M., 1982
Ancaudellia shawi Roth, L. M., 1982
Ancaudellia thomsoni Kirby, W. F., 1903
Ancaudellia undulata Hanitsch, 1934
Ancaudellia vibrissifera Roth, L. M., 1982
Blaberus craniifer Burmeister, 1838Death's Head Cockroach
Blaberus discoidalis Serville, 1839Discoid cockroach
Diploptera punctata Eschscholtz, 1822Cypress cockroach
Nauphoeta cinerea Olivier, 1789Cinereous cockroach
Panesthia angustipennis angustipennis Illiger, 1801
Panesthia bougainvillensis Roth, L. M., 1979
Panesthia heurni Roth, L. M., 1979
Panesthia karimuiensis Roth, L. M., 1979
Panesthia lata Walker, 1868Dwarf milkweed
Panesthia missimensis Roth, L. M., 1979
Panesthia papuensis Roth, L. M., 1979
Panesthia sedlaceki Roth, L. M., 1979
Panesthia toxopeusi Roth, L. M., 1979
Paranauphoeta rufipes (Brunner von ..., 1865)⇒ Paranauphoeta discoidalis Walker, F., 1868
Perisphaerus armadillo Serville, 1831
Pycnoscelus surinamensis Linnaeus, 1758Greenhouse cockroach
Rhabdoblatta keraudreni Le Guillou, 1841Blue land crab
Rhabdoblatta paravicinii Hanitsch, 1934
Rhabdoblatta plena Walker, F., 1868
Rhyparobia maderae Fabricius, 1781Drummer
Salganea hirsuta
Salganea princisi Roth, L. M., 1979
Salganea ternatensis hirsuta Roth, , 1979

Subnodes of Blaberidae with occurrences in Melanesia
SubfamilyBlaberinae
Brunner, 1865
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDiplopterinae
Handlirsch, 1925
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEpilamprinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOxyhaloinae
Finot, 1897
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPanesthiinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
3
29
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyParanauphoetinae
Rehn, 1951
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPerisphaerinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPycnoscelinae
McKittrick, 1964
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Blaberidae at artfakta.se
Blaberidae at dyntaxa.se
Blaberidae at gbif.org
Blaberidae at irmng.org
Blaberidae at itis.gov