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Checklist for Superfamily Blaberoidea Saussure, 1864
and region Congo (Central Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
516
8807
39529
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
512
8793
39506
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
495
8697
39194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
64
616
1706
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Blattodea
Latreille, 1810
Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Termites
11
148
565
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Blaberoidea
Saussure, 1864
4
51
187
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Congo
4 Families width 187 Species and 6 Subspecies
Blattellidae Karny, 1908German Cockroach35SpeciesTaxom
Blaberidae (Saussure, 1864)Blaberids101SpeciesTaxom
Ectobiidae Brunner von ..., 1865Wood cockroaches27SpeciesTaxom
Pseudophyllodromiidae Hebard, 192924SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Congo
51 Genera with 187 Species
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Africablatta Rehn, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Alloblatta Grandcolas, 19372SpeciesTaxom
Alsteinia Hanitsch, 19502SpeciesTaxom
Anaplecta Burmeister, 19068SpeciesTaxom
Apotrogia Kirby, 19523SpeciesTaxom
Apteroblatta Shelford, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Balta Tepper, 19086SpeciesTaxom
Bantua Shelford, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Blattella Caudell, 198511SpeciesTaxom
Burchellia Rehn, 18564SpeciesTaxom
Chorisia Princis, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Chorisoblatta Shelford, 19383SpeciesTaxom
Coleoblatta Hanitsch, 19501SpeciesTaxom
Corydidarum Brunner von ..., 19372SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtotria Stål, 19107SpeciesTaxom
Derocalymma Burmeister, 183812SpeciesTaxom
Dewittea Hanitsch, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Dipteretrum Rehn, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Ectobius Stephens, 1923Croton Bug7SpeciesTaxom
Euandroblatta Rehn, 19074SpeciesTaxom
Euloboptera Princis, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Eustegasta Gerstaecker, 19076SpeciesTaxom
Griffiniella Brunner von ..., 19101SpeciesTaxom
Gyna Brunner von ..., 186819SpeciesTaxom
Gynopeltis Gerstaecker, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Henschoutedenia Princis, 19376SpeciesTaxom
Isoniscus Borg, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Jagrehnia Princis, 19375SpeciesTaxom
Leucophaea Brunner von ..., 19037SpeciesTaxom
Margattea Shelford, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Matabelina Princis, 19504SpeciesTaxom
Namablatta Rehn, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Onycholobus Hanitsch, 19384SpeciesTaxom
Oxyhaloa Brunner von ..., 17842SpeciesTaxom
Panchlora Burmeister, 19084SpeciesTaxom
Paraplecta Shelford, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Phenacisma Karsch, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Pholeosilpha Chopard, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Platysilpha Shelford, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Princisaria Kumar, 19752SpeciesTaxom
Pronauphoeta Shelford, 18052SpeciesTaxom
Pseudocalolampra Roth & Princis, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosigmella Princis, 19481SpeciesTaxom
Pycnoscelus Scudder, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Rhabdoblatta Kirby, 19546SpeciesTaxom
Rhyparobia Krauss, 19037SpeciesTaxom
Stayella Roth, 19844SpeciesTaxom
Supella Shelford, 18693SpeciesTaxom
Symploce Hebard, 19264SpeciesTaxom
Theganopteryx Brunner von ..., 197814SpeciesTaxom
Trichoblatta Saussure & Z..., 19372SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Congo
187 Species and 6 Subspecies
Africablatta patricia Gerstaecker, 1883
Alloblatta nugax Rehn, J. A. G., 1937
Alloblatta planiceps Rehn, J. A. G., 1937
Alsteinia castanea Hanitsch, 1950
Alsteinia nigra Hanitsch, 1950
Anaplecta africana
Anaplecta bolivari Shelford, 1909
Anaplecta cincta Gerstaecker, 1883
Anaplecta cincta africana Saussure, 1895
Anaplecta cincta cincta Gerstaecker, 1883
Anaplecta conradti Shelford, 1908
Anaplecta dahomensis Shelford, 1906
Anaplecta pulchra Shelford, 1906
Apotrogia angolensis Kirby, W. F., 1900
Apotrogia grandis Chopard, 1952
Apotrogia trochaini Chopard, 1952
Apteroblatta rutschuruensis Rehn, J. A. G., 1926
Balta camerunensis Shelford, 1908
Balta francquii Princis, 1969
Balta hebardi Princis, 1969
Balta inermis Princis, 1963
Balta insignis (Hebard, 1943)⇒ Balta hebardi Princis, 1969
Balta translucida Shelford, 1908
Bantua valida Shelford, 1911
Blattella barthi Roth, 1985Reticulate taildropper
Blattella belli Roth, 1985Reticulate taildropper
Blattella biligata Walker, F., 1868
Blattella eisneri Roth, L. M., 1985Reticulate taildropper
Blattella germanica Linnaeus, 1767Croton bug
Blattella kevani Roth, L. M., 1985Reticulate taildropper
Blattella lobiventris Saussure, 1895
Blattella longstaffi Shelford, 1908
Blattella richardsi Roth, L. M., 1985Reticulate taildropper
Blattella vrijdaghi Hanitsch, 1950
Blattella whartoni Roth, L. M., 1985Reticulate taildropper
Burchellia circumcincta Reiche & Fai..., 1847
Burchellia katangensis Kumar, 1975
Burchellia neavei Shelford, 1913
Burchellia vinula Stal, 1856
Chorisia reducta Walker, F., 1868
Chorisoblatta atra Hanitsch, 1950
Chorisoblatta gerardi Hanitsch, 1950
Chorisoblatta pallida Hanitsch, 1938
Coleoblatta henrardi Hanitsch, 1950
Corydidarum scopsi Hanitsch, 1950
Corydidarum tolypeutes Rehn, 1937
Cyrtotria capucina Gerstaecker, 1869
Cyrtotria fictor Rehn, J. A. G., 1937
Cyrtotria fietor Rehn, 1937
Cyrtotria peltata Rehn, J. A. G., 1937
Cyrtotria pusilla Rehn, J. A. G., 1937
Cyrtotria scabricollis Gerstaecker, 1883
Cyrtotria tuberculata Shelford, 1910
Derocalymma costata Rehn, J. A. G., 1933
Derocalymma dasypus Rehn, J. A. G., 1933
Derocalymma fuelleborni Rehn, J. A. G., 1933
Derocalymma katangae Rehn, J. A. G., 1933
Derocalymma lampyrina Gerstaecker, 1869
Derocalymma pluteus Rehn, J. A. G., 1933
Derocalymma porcellio Gerstaecker, 1869
Derocalymma rajiformis Rehn, J. A. G., 1933
Derocalymma scruposa Rehn, J. A. G., 1933
Derocalymma scruposa kasai Rehn, , 1933
Derocalymma scruposa scruposa Rehn, , 1933
Derocalymma versicolor Burmeister, 1838
Dewittea atrofusca Hanitsch, 1938
Dipteretrum bimaculatum Shelford, 1910
Ectobius (Ectobius) africanus Saussure, 1899
Ectobius (Ectobius) larus Rehn, 1931
Ectobius (Ectobius) leptus Rehn, 1931
Ectobius (Ectobius) neavei Shelford, 1911
Ectobius (Ectobius) sardous Baccetti, 1991
Ectobius (Ectobius) sjoestedti (Shelford, 1910)⇒ Ectobius sardous Baccetti, 1991
Ectobius (Ectobius) togoensis Ramme, 1923
Euandroblatta clavigera Rehn, J. A. G., 1937
Euandroblatta congoana Jolivet, 1954
Euandroblatta curta Walker, F., 1868
Euandroblatta jallae Giglio-Tos, 1907
Euloboptera shelfordi Princis, 1955
Eustegasta agrilidina Shelford, 1907
Eustegasta buprestoides Walker, F., 1868
Eustegasta lueci Dominique, 1900
Eustegasta poecila Schaum, 1853
Eustegasta splendens Saussure, 1899
Eustegasta variegata Shelford, 1907
Griffiniella marmorata Shelford, 1910
Gyna bisannulata Hanitsch, 1950
Gyna capucina Gerstaecker, 1883Pink Roach
Gyna centurio Dohrn, 1888
Gyna colini Rochebrune, 1883Pectinate cardiomya
Gyna gloriosa Stål, 1855
Gyna glorlosa Stål, 1855
Gyna hyalina Shelford, 1909
Gyna incommoda Shelford, 1909
Gyna jocosa Shelford, 1908
Gyna laticosta Walker, F., 1868
Gyna lurida Saussure, 1899
Gyna maculipennis Schaum, 1853
Gyna oblonga Borg, 1902
Gyna pomposa Brunner von ..., 1865
Gyna scheitzae Hanitsch, 1950
Gyna sculpturata Shelford, 1909
Gyna simplicissima (Shelford, 1912)⇒ Gyna hyalina Shelford, 1909
Gyna spurcala Walker, 1868
Gyna spurcata Walker, F., 1868
Gynopeltis erytopsila Walker, 1868
Henschoutedenia batesi Rehn, J. A. G., 1937
Henschoutedenia elegans Shelford, 1908
Henschoutedenia epilamproides Shelford, 1908
Henschoutedenia flexivitta Walker, F., 1868Large cinereous cockroach
Henschoutedenia frenata Gerstaecker, 1883
Henschoutedenia mombuttu Rehn, J. A. G., 1937
Isoniscus scaber Shelford, 1909
Jagrehnia circumdata
Jagrehnia invisa Rehn, J. A. G., 1937
Jagrehnia invisa circumdata Rehn, , 1937
Jagrehnia invisa invisa Rehn, , 1937
Jagrehnia silacea Rehn, J. A. G., 1937
Leucophaea capelloi (Bolivar, 1889)⇒ Rhyparobia capelloi Bolivar, 1889
Leucophaea congica Rehn, 1937
Leucophaea grandis (Saussure, 1873)⇒ Rhyparobia grandis Saussure, 1873
Leucophaea maderae (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Rhyparobia maderae Fabricius, 1781
Leucophaea puerilis (Rehn, J. A. G., 1937)⇒ Rhyparobia puerilis Rehn, J. A. G., 1937
Leucophaea pustulata (Hanitsch, 1950)⇒ Rhyparobia pustulata Hanitsch, 1950
Leucophaea thoracica Kirby, 1903
Margattea phryne Shelford, 1909
Matabelina abdominalis Shelford, 1912
Matabelina backlundi Princis, 1969
Matabelina centralis Princis, 1969
Matabelina ghesquierei Hanitsch, 1950
Namablatta congrua Walker, F., 1868
Onycholobus fuscus Hanitsch, 1938
Onycholobus ovatus Shelford, 1910
Onycholobus sjoestedti Shelford, 1910
Onycholobus tigrinus Hanitsch, 1938
Oxyhaloa buprestoides Saussure, 1862Buprestid cockroach
Oxyhaloa deusta Thunberg, 1784
Panchlora camerunensis Borg, 1902
Panchlora stanleyana Rehn, J. A. G., 1931
Panchlora stolata Borg, 1902
Panchlora yosseleri Shelford, 1908
Paraplecta minuta Shelford, 1912
Paraplecta minutissima Shelford, 1908
Phenacisma semialata Shelford, 1909
Pholeosilpha cavicola Chopard, 1958
Platysilpha gigantea Shelford, 1909
Princisaria carvalhoi Kumar, 1975
Princisaria curta Kumar, 1975
Pronauphoeta smaragdina (Hanitsch, 1950)⇒ Pronauphoeta viridula Palisot de B..., 1805
Pronauphoeta viridula Palisot de B..., 1805
Pseudocalolampra pardalina Walker, F., 1868
Pseudosigmella spinosostylata Princis, 1948
Pycnoscelus surinamensis Linnaeus, 1758Greenhouse cockroach
Rhabdoblatta cincta Brunner von ..., 1865
Rhabdoblatta lyncea Gerstaecker, 1883
Rhabdoblatta pallida Borg, 1902
Rhabdoblatta punctipennis Saussure, 1895
Rhabdoblatta usambarensis Rehn, J. A. G., 1931
Rhabdoblatta wittei Jolivet, 1954
Rhyparobia capelloi Bolivar, 1889
Rhyparobia congicus Rehn, 1937
Rhyparobia grandis Saussure, 1873
Rhyparobia maderae Fabricius, 1781Drummer
Rhyparobia puerilis Rehn, J. A. G., 1937
Rhyparobia pustulata Hanitsch, 1950
Rhyparobia thoracica (Kirby, W. F., 1903)⇒ Leucophaea thoracica Kirby, 1903
Stayella bimaculata Gerstaecker, 1869
Stayella cinnamomea Gerstaecker, 1883
Stayella enghoffi Roth, L. M., 1984
Stayella schmitzi Roth, L. M., 1984
Supella (Mombuttia) chapini Rehn, J. A. G., 1947
Supella (Nemosupella) mirabilis Shelford, 1908
Supella (Supella) dimidiata Gerstaecker, 1869
Symploce congoana Jolivet, 1954
Symploce kibalituriensis Roth, L. M., 1986
Symploce kumari Roth, L. M., 1986
Symploce sudanica Rehn, J. A. G., 1926
Theganopteryx bredoi Kumar & Princis, 1978
Theganopteryx camerunensis Shelford, 1913Broad-shouldered bugs
Theganopteryx fantastica Shelford, 1909
Theganopteryx flavescens Kumar & Princis, 1978
Theganopteryx ituriensis Rehn, J. A. G., 1926
Theganopteryx kivuensis Kumar & Princis, 1978
Theganopteryx lucida Brunner von ..., 1865
Theganopteryx obscura Shelford, 1911
Theganopteryx propinqua Kumar & Princis, 1978
Theganopteryx rhodesiae Shelford, 1913Broad-shouldered bugs
Theganopteryx shabaensis Kumar & Princis, 1978
Theganopteryx shelfordi Kumar & Princis, 1978
Theganopteryx simillima Kumar & Princis, 1978
Theganopteryx villiersi Kumar & Princis, 1978
Trichoblatta scopsi (Hanitsch, 1950)⇒ Corydidarum scopsi Hanitsch, 1950
Trichoblatta tolypeutes (Rehn, J. A. G., 1937)⇒ Corydidarum tolypeutes Rehn, 1937

Subnodes of Blaberoidea with occurrences in Congo
FamilyBlaberidae
Saussure, 1864
Blaberids, giant cockroach, Giant cockroaches
27
101
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyBlattellidae
Karny, 1908
German Cockroach, German cockroaches, Wood cockroaches
12
35
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEctobiidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
Wood cockroaches
3
27
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPseudophyllodromiidae
Hebard, 1929
9
24
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Blaberoidea at itis.gov