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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
614
13248
40770
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
610
13239
40744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
581
13079
40224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
78
771
1758
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Blattodea
Latreille, 1810
Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Termites
12
151
427
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Blaberoidea
Saussure, 1864
4
52
156
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for West Africa
4 Families width 156 Species and 3 Subspecies
Blattellidae Karny, 1908German Cockroach41SpeciesTaxom
Pseudophyllodromiidae Hebard, 192923SpeciesTaxom
Blaberidae Saussure, 1864Blaberids66SpeciesTaxom
Ectobiidae Brunner von ..., 1865Wood cockroaches26SpeciesTaxom


Genera for West Africa
52 Genera with 156 Species
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Africablatta Rehn, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Afroneura Princis, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Akaniblatta Princis, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Alloblatta Grandcolas, 19953SpeciesTaxom
Alsteinia Hanitsch, 19652SpeciesTaxom
Anaplecta Burmeister, 19458SpeciesTaxom
Archimandrita Saussure, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Astylella Princis, 18832SpeciesTaxom
Balta Tepper, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Blaberus Serville, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Blattella Caudell, 190811SpeciesTaxom
Burchellia Rehn, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Chorisia Princis, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Chorisoneura Brunner von ..., 18831SpeciesTaxom
Chorisoneurodes Princis, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Derocalymma Burmeister, 19333SpeciesTaxom
Dewittea Hanitsch, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Diplopterina Princis, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Dipteretrum Rehn, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Ectobius Stephens, 1923Croton Bug9SpeciesTaxom
Euandroblatta Rehn, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Euloboptera Princis, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Eustegasta Gerstaecker, 18994SpeciesTaxom
Gyna Brunner von ..., 186821SpeciesTaxom
Henschoutedenia Princis, 19655SpeciesTaxom
Isoniscus Borg, 19022SpeciesTaxom
Jagrehnia Princis, 18654SpeciesTaxom
Leucophaea Brunner von ..., 19372SpeciesTaxom
Margattea Shelford, 190910SpeciesTaxom
Matabelina Princis, 19695SpeciesTaxom
Nauphoeta Burmeister, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Neoleptoblatta Princis, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Nimbablatta Princis, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Nondewittea Roth, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Nyctibora Burmeister, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Oxyhaloa Brunner von ..., 19084SpeciesTaxom
Panchlora Burmeister, 19022SpeciesTaxom
Paraplecta Shelford, 19632SpeciesTaxom
Phymatosilpha Princis, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Pronauphoeta Shelford, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosigmella Princis, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Pycnoscelus Scudder, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Rhabdoblatta Kirby, 18684SpeciesTaxom
Rhyparobia Krauss, 19373SpeciesTaxom
Simandoa Roth & Naskr..., 20041SpeciesTaxom
Stayella Roth, 19083SpeciesTaxom
Supella Shelford, 17983SpeciesTaxom
Symploce Hebard, 19637SpeciesTaxom
Temnopteryx Brunner von ..., 1865
0SpeciesTaxom
Thanatophyllum Grandcolas, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Theganopteryx Brunner von ..., 197810SpeciesTaxom
Tribonium Saussure, 18221SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Africa
156 Species and 3 Subspecies
Africablatta patricia Gerstaecker, 1883
Afroneura aberrans Princis, 1963
Akaniblatta alluaudi Bolivar, 1893
Akaniblatta atluaudi Bolivar, 1893
Alloblatta nugax Rehn, J. A. G., 1937
Alloblatta occidentalis Grandcolas, 1993
Alloblatta simandouensis Grandcolas, 1995
Alsteinia trigonal Princis, 1965
Alsteinia trigonalis Princis, 1965
Anaplecta africana
Anaplecta bolivari Shelford, 1909
Anaplecta cincta Gerstaecker, 1883
Anaplecta cincta africana Saussure, 1895
Anaplecta conradti Shelford, 1908
Anaplecta dahomensis Shelford, 1906
Anaplecta lamottei Princis, 1963
Anaplecta lepesmei Chopard, 1945
Archimandrita tessellata Rehn, J. A. G., 1903Peppered cockroach
Astylella nimbensis Princis, 1963
Astylella obsoleta Gerstaecker, 1883
Balta longicercata Bolivar, 1924
Blaberus giganteus Linnaeus, 1758Central American Giant Cockroach
Blattella armata Princis, 1963
Blattella brevicauda Princis, 1963
Blattella germanica Linnaeus, 1767Croton bug
Blattella guineensis Princis, 1963
Blattella lamotteana Princis, 1963
Blattella lecordieri Princis, 1971
Blattella lindbergi Chopard, 1958
Blattella lobiventris Saussure, 1895
Blattella punctifrons Gerstaecker, 1883
Blattella simillima Princis, 1971
Blattella sordida Shelford, 1908
Burchellia circumcincta Reiche & Fai..., 1847
Burchellia neavei Shelford, 1913
Chorisia reducta Walker, F., 1868
Chorisoneura cassiphila Rochebrune, 1883
Chorisoneurodes unguiculata Princis, 1962
Derocalymma costata Rehn, J. A. G., 1933
Derocalymma scruposa Rehn, J. A. G., 1933
Derocalymma scruposa scruposa Rehn, , 1933
Dewittea spinifera Princis, 1963
Diplopterina parva Borg, 1902
Dipteretrum bimaculatum Shelford, 1910
Ectobius (Ectobius) africanus Saussure, 1899
Ectobius (Ectobius) kikensis Rehn, 1931
Ectobius (Ectobius) lapponicus Linnaeus, 1758Dusky Cockroach
Ectobius (Ectobius) rammei (Rehn, 1926)⇒ Ectobius stanleyanus Rehn, 1931
Ectobius (Ectobius) sardous Baccetti, 1991
Ectobius (Ectobius) siculus Ramme, 1949
Ectobius (Ectobius) sjoestedti (Shelford, 1910)⇒ Ectobius sardous Baccetti, 1991
Ectobius (Ectobius) stanleyanus Rehn, 1931
Ectobius (Ectobius) togoensis Ramme, 1923
Euandroblatta curta Walker, F., 1868
Euloboptera nimbensis Princis, 1963
Euloboptera nitida Shelford, 1910
Eustegasta agrilidina Shelford, 1907
Eustegasta carabidina Walker, F., 1868
Eustegasta micans Saussure & Z..., 1895
Eustegasta splendens Saussure, 1899
Gyna aestuans Saussure, 1863
Gyna aetola Shelford, 1909
Gyna aurivillii (Borg, 1902)⇒ Gyna laticosta Walker, F., 1868
Gyna caffrorum Stal, 1856
Gyna capucina Gerstaecker, 1883Pink Roach
Gyna castanea Shelford, 1909
Gyna centurio Dohrn, 1888
Gyna colini Rochebrune, 1883Pectinate cardiomya
Gyna costalis Walker, F., 1868
Gyna crassa Grandcolas, 1994
Gyna gloriosa Stål, 1855
Gyna glorlosa Stål, 1855
Gyna incisura Grandcolas, 1994
Gyna laticosta Walker, F., 1868
Gyna lineata Grandcolas, 1994
Gyna maculipennis Schaum, 1853
Gyna munda Grandcolas, 1994
Gyna oblonga Borg, 1902
Gyna scheitzae Hanitsch, 1950
Gyna sculpturata Shelford, 1909
Gyna scutelligera Walker, F., 1868
Henschoutedenia elegans Shelford, 1908
Henschoutedenia flexivitta Walker, F., 1868Large cinereous cockroach
Henschoutedenia occidentalis Fabricius, 1787
Henschoutedenia procera (Rehn, J. A. G., 1937)⇒ Henschoutedenia tectidoma Gurney, 1965
Henschoutedenia tectidoma Gurney, 1965Short-winged cinereous cockroach
Isoniscus scaberrimus Princis, 1963
Isoniscus sjoestedti Borg, 1902
Jagrehnia circumdata
Jagrehnia invisa Rehn, J. A. G., 1937
Jagrehnia invisa circumdata Rehn, , 1937
Jagrehnia testacea Brunner von ..., 1865
Leucophaea grandis (Saussure, 1873)⇒ Rhyparobia grandis Saussure, 1873
Leucophaea puerilis (Rehn, J. A. G., 1937)⇒ Rhyparobia puerilis Rehn, J. A. G., 1937
Margattea beauvoisi Walker, 1868
Margattea beauvoisii Walker, F., 1868
Margattea carinata Princis, 1963
Margattea centralis Gerstaecker, 1883
Margattea dimorpha Princis, 1963
Margattea frontefasciata Werner, 1913
Margattea importata Bei-Bienko, 1964
Margattea lateralis Princis, 1963
Margattea nana Saussure, 1869
Margattea phryne Shelford, 1909
Matabelina abdominalis Shelford, 1912
Matabelina cincta Princis, 1969
Matabelina costalis Princis, 1969
Matabelina diaphana Princis, 1963
Matabelina senegalensis Princis, 1969
Nauphoeta procera Rehn, J. A. G., 1937
Neoleptoblatta bitaeniata Princis, 1963
Nimbablatta neutra Shelford, 1908
Nondewittea globulifera Princis, 1963
Nyctibora acaciana Roth, 2003
Oxyhaloa buprestoides Saussure, 1862Buprestid cockroach
Oxyhaloa kitensis Rochebrune, 1883Pectinate cardiomya
Oxyhaloa lukjanovi Adelung, 1905
Oxyhaloa perspicua Shelford, 1908
Panchlora stanleyana Rehn, J. A. G., 1931
Panchlora stolata Borg, 1902
Paraplecta minutissima Shelford, 1908
Paraplecta parva Princis, 1963
Phymatosilpha cordofana Brunner von ..., 1865
Pronauphoeta viridula Palisot de B..., 1805
Pseudosigmella cruralis Shelford, 1908
Pycnoscelus surinamensis Linnaeus, 1758Greenhouse cockroach
Rhabdoblatta camerunensis Borg, 1902
Rhabdoblatta pallida Borg, 1902
Rhabdoblatta pluriramosa Karny, 1915
Rhabdoblatta stipata Walker, F., 1868
Rhyparobia grandis Saussure, 1873
Rhyparobia maderae Fabricius, 1781Drummer
Rhyparobia puerilis Rehn, J. A. G., 1937
Simandoa conserfariam Roth, L. M. ..., 2004Simandoa Cave Roach
Stayella cinnamomea Gerstaecker, 1883
Stayella medleri Kumar, 1975
Stayella rohdei Shelford, 1908
Supella (Nemosupella) gemma Rehn, J. A. G., 1947
Supella (Nemosupella) occidentalis Princis, 1963
Supella (Supella) longipalpa Fabricius, 1798Brown-banded cockroach
Symploce divisa Princis, 1963
Symploce marshallae Kumar, 1975
Symploce relucens Gerstaecker, 1883
Symploce royi Princis, 1963
Symploce togoana Roth, L. M., 1987Caribbean birddrop
Symploce transita Bei-Bienko, 1964
Symploce umbrina Princis, 1963
Thanatophyllum akinetum Grandcolas, 1991
Theganopteryx camerunensis Shelford, 1913Broad-shouldered bugs
Theganopteryx dimorpha Princis, 1971
Theganopteryx fantastica Shelford, 1909
Theganopteryx heterogamia Princis, 1963
Theganopteryx ituriensis Rehn, J. A. G., 1926
Theganopteryx lucida Brunner von ..., 1865
Theganopteryx nitida Borg, 1902
Theganopteryx notata Shelford, 1913Broad-shouldered bugs
Theganopteryx remotevittata Werner, 1913
Theganopteryx simillima Kumar & Princis, 1978
Tribonium spectrum Eschscholtz, 1822

Subnodes of Blaberoidea with occurrences in West Africa
FamilyBlaberidae
Saussure, 1864
Blaberids, giant cockroach, Giant cockroaches
22
66
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyBlattellidae
Karny, 1908
German Cockroach, German cockroaches, Wood cockroaches
19
41
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEctobiidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
Wood cockroaches
3
26
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPseudophyllodromiidae
Hebard, 1929
8
23
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Blaberoidea at itis.gov