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Checklist for Family Blattellidae Karny, 1908 (German Cockroach)
and region Africa (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
943
36180
241410
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
939
36100
241106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
896
35668
239021
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
142
2517
10595
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Blattodea
Latreille, 1810
Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Termites
27
367
2117
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Blaberoidea
Saussure, 1864
4
166
927
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyBlattellidae
Karny, 1908
German Cockroach, German cockroaches, Wood cockroaches
47
222
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Africa
47 Genera with 222 Species
#ABCDEHIJLMNOPRSTX
Africablatta Rehn, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Agrabtoblatta Gorochov, 20071SpeciesTaxom
Akaniblatta Princis, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Alsteinia Hanitsch, 19654SpeciesTaxom
Aphlebiella Princis, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Astylella Princis, 18832SpeciesTaxom
Blattella Caudell, 198534SpeciesTaxom
Burchellia Rehn, 18565SpeciesTaxom
Caboverdea Princis, 19592SpeciesTaxom
Caffroblatta Rehn, 19632SpeciesTaxom
Chorisia Princis, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Chrastoblatta Saussure & Z..., 18952SpeciesTaxom
Dewittea Hanitsch, 19632SpeciesTaxom
Distichopis Bolivar, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Euandroblatta Rehn, 185319SpeciesTaxom
Euloboptera Princis, 19555SpeciesTaxom
Hanitschella Princis, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Hololeptoblatta Bolivar, 19242SpeciesTaxom
Hoplophoropyga Chopard, 19088SpeciesTaxom
Ischnoptera Burmeister, 19263SpeciesTaxom
Jacobsonina Hebard, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Loboptera Brunner von ..., 193629SpeciesTaxom
Lobopterella Princis, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Mallotoblatta Saussure & Z..., 18954SpeciesTaxom
Mayotella Roth, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Mayottella Roth, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Miriamrothschildia Roth, 19246SpeciesTaxom
Neoleptoblatta Princis, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Nimbablatta Princis, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Nondewittea Roth, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Nyctibora Burmeister, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Operculea Bolivar, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Parasigmoidella Hanitsch, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Paratemnopteryx Saussure, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Parcoblatta Hebard, 1917
North American Wood Cockroaches0SpeciesTaxom
Pholeosilpha Chopard, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Phymatosilpha Princis, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Piniblattella Vrsansky, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoceratinoptera Hanitsch, 19402SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosigmella Princis, 19482SpeciesTaxom
Rudebeckia Princis, 19634SpeciesTaxom
Stayella Roth, 19849SpeciesTaxom
Symploce Hebard, 196328SpeciesTaxom
Temnopteryx Brunner von ..., 196310SpeciesTaxom
Termitoblatta Rehn, 19633SpeciesTaxom
Xosablatta Rehn, 196313SpeciesTaxom
Xosaia Princis, 19633SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Africa
222 Species and 3 Subspecies
Africablatta patricia Gerstaecker, 1883
Agrabtoblatta symmetrica A. V. Gorochov, 2007
Akaniblatta alluaudi Bolivar, 1893
Akaniblatta atluaudi Bolivar, 1893
Alsteinia castanea Hanitsch, 1950
Alsteinia nigra Hanitsch, 1950
Alsteinia trigonal Princis, 1965
Alsteinia trigonalis Princis, 1965
Aphlebiella madecassa Saussure, 1869
Astylella nimbensis Princis, 1963
Astylella obsoleta Gerstaecker, 1883
Blattella aegrota Gerstaecker, 1883
Blattella armata Princis, 1963
Blattella asahinai Mizukubo, 1981Asian cockroach
Blattella barthi Roth, 1985Reticulate taildropper
Blattella belli Roth, 1985Reticulate taildropper
Blattella biligata Walker, F., 1868
Blattella bioculata Hanitsch, 1929
Blattella brevicauda Princis, 1963
Blattella dethieri Roth, L. M., 1985Reticulate taildropper
Blattella eisneri Roth, L. M., 1985Reticulate taildropper
Blattella fiski Roth, L. M., 1985Reticulate taildropper
Blattella germanica Linnaeus, 1767Croton bug
Blattella guineensis Princis, 1963
Blattella kevani Roth, L. M., 1985Reticulate taildropper
Blattella lamotteana Princis, 1963
Blattella lecarmata Roth, L. M., 1985Reticulate taildropper
Blattella lecordieri Princis, 1971
Blattella lindbergi Chopard, 1958
Blattella lituricollis (Walker, F., 1868)⇒ Blattella meridionalis Princis, 1957
Blattella lobiventris Saussure, 1895
Blattella longstaffi Shelford, 1908
Blattella meridionalis Princis, 1957
Blattella neglecta Shelford, 1908
Blattella nigromarginata Shelford, 1910
Blattella parenthesis Gerstaecker, 1883
Blattella portalensis Giglio-Tos, 1907
Blattella punctifrons Gerstaecker, 1883
Blattella richardsi Roth, L. M., 1985Reticulate taildropper
Blattella rossi Roth, L. M., 1985Reticulate taildropper
Blattella simillima Princis, 1971
Blattella sjoestedi Shelford, 1910
Blattella sordida Shelford, 1908
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 testacea Shelford, 1911
Burchellia vinula Stal, 1856
Caboverdea chevalieri Chopard, 1936
Caboverdea cincta Princis, 1959
Caffroblatta pulcherrima Rehn, J. A. G., 1922
Caffroblatta swazi Princis, 1963
Chorisia reducta Walker, F., 1868
Chrastoblatta dimidiata Saussure, 1863
Chrastoblatta tricolor Saussure & Z..., 1895
Dewittea atrofusca Hanitsch, 1938
Dewittea spinifera Princis, 1963
Distichopis stylopyga Bolivar, 1924
Euandroblatta brincki Princis, 1963
Euandroblatta capensis Princis, 1963
Euandroblatta clavigera Rehn, J. A. G., 1937
Euandroblatta congoana Jolivet, 1954
Euandroblatta curta Walker, F., 1868
Euandroblatta herero Princis, 1963
Euandroblatta jallae Giglio-Tos, 1907
Euandroblatta kabaka Rehn, J. A. G., 1937
Euandroblatta lata Princis, 1963
Euandroblatta lobipennis Princis, 1963
Euandroblatta marshalli Rehn, J. A. G., 1937
Euandroblatta matabele Rehn, J. A. G., 1937
Euandroblatta nama Princis, 1963
Euandroblatta ovambo Princis, 1963
Euandroblatta palpalis Chopard, 1954
Euandroblatta propera Rehn, J. A. G., 1922
Euandroblatta robusta Princis, 1963
Euandroblatta selousi Rehn, J. A. G., 1937
Euandroblatta strigosa Schaum, 1853
Euloboptera kabindae Princis, 1965
Euloboptera nimbensis Princis, 1963
Euloboptera nitida Shelford, 1910
Euloboptera rhodesiana Princis, 1963
Euloboptera shelfordi Princis, 1955
Hanitschella nebulosa Princis, 1951
Hololeptoblatta minor Bolivar, 1924
Hololeptoblatta pandanicola Bolivar, 1924
Hoplophoropyga babaulti Chopard, 1921
Hoplophoropyga badia Princis, 1963
Hoplophoropyga brincki Princis, 1963
Hoplophoropyga brunnea Princis, 1963
Hoplophoropyga crocea Princis, 1963
Hoplophoropyga fulva Princis, 1963
Hoplophoropyga simplex Princis, 1963
Hoplophoropyga unicolor Karny, 1908
Ischnoptera bioculata (Hanitsch, 1929)⇒ Blattella bioculata Hanitsch, 1929
Ischnoptera escalerae (Shelford, 1909)⇒ Stayella escalerae Shelford, 1909
Ischnoptera paramacca Hebard, 1926
Jacobsonina spinifera Princis, 1963
Loboptera alluaudi Chopard, 1936
Loboptera anagae Martin & Oromi, 1987
Loboptera angulata Chopard, 1943
Loboptera canariensis Chopard, 1955
Loboptera cavernicola Martin & Oromi, 1987
Loboptera chioensis Martin & Izq..., 1999
Loboptera cryptofoveata Bohn, 1991
Loboptera cuneilobata Bohn, 1991
Loboptera decipiens Germar, 1817Lobe-winged cockroach
Loboptera decipiens decipiens Germar, 1817
Loboptera fortunata Krauss, 1892
Loboptera foveolata Bohn, 1991
Loboptera glandulifera Bohn, 1991
Loboptera irregularis Chopard, 1943
Loboptera lagunensis Martin & Izq..., 1999
Loboptera loboptera Princis, 1962
Loboptera maroccana Bolivar, 1894
Loboptera minor Bolivar, 1898
Loboptera ombriosa Martin & Izq..., 1987
Loboptera ombriosa meridionalis Martin & Izq..., 1987
Loboptera ombriosa ombriosa Martin & Izq..., 1987
Loboptera ovolobata Bohn, 1991
Loboptera peculiaris (Burr, 1900)⇒ Zhujiblatta anofissilis Q. B. Lin, 1980
Loboptera penirobusta Martin & Izq..., 1999
Loboptera subterranea Martin & Oromi, 1987
Loboptera teneguia Izquierdo & ..., 1999
Loboptera tenoensis Izquierdo & ..., 1999
Loboptera troglobia Izquierdo & ..., 1987
Loboptera truncata Chopard, 1936
Lobopterella dimidiatipes Bolivar, 1890Cockroach
Mallotoblatta brachyptera Adelung, 1903
Mallotoblatta kraussi Adelung, 1905
Mallotoblatta pilosella Saussure & Z..., 1895
Mallotoblatta pubescens Saussure & Z..., 1895
Mayotella dimorpha Roth, 2002
Mayottella dimorpha Roth, L. M., 2002
Miriamrothschildia aldabrensis Bolivar, 1924
Miriamrothschildia biplagiatus Bolivar, 1924
Miriamrothschildia gardineri Bolivar, 1924
Miriamrothschildia labyrinthicus Bolivar, 1924
Miriamrothschildia mahensis Roth, L. M., 2002
Miriamrothschildia zonatus Bolivar, 1924
Neoleptoblatta bitaeniata Princis, 1963
Nimbablatta neutra Shelford, 1908
Nondewittea globulifera Princis, 1963
Nyctibora acaciana Roth, 2003
Operculea crassiceps Bolivar, 1924
Parasigmoidella reticulata Bolivar, 1924
Paratemnopteryx centralensis Roth, L. M., 1984
Pholeosilpha cavicola Chopard, 1958
Phymatosilpha cordofana Brunner von ..., 1865
Piniblattella limai Pinto & Purper, 1986
Pseudoceratinoptera marginalis Hanitsch, 1937
Pseudoceratinoptera marginata Chopard, 1940
Pseudosigmella cruralis Shelford, 1908
Pseudosigmella spinosostylata Princis, 1948
Rudebeckia mira (Tjeder & Han..., 1992)⇒ Angolania mira Tjeder & Han..., 1992
Rudebeckia natalensis Princis, 1963
Rudebeckia ovambo Princis, 1963
Rudebeckia zulu Princis, 1963
Stayella abnormalis Roth, L. M., 1984
Stayella bimaculata Gerstaecker, 1869
Stayella cinnamomea Gerstaecker, 1883
Stayella enghoffi Roth, L. M., 1984
Stayella escalerae Shelford, 1909
Stayella mckittrickae Roth, L. M., 1984
Stayella medleri Kumar, 1975
Stayella rohdei Shelford, 1908
Stayella schmitzi Roth, L. M., 1984
Symploce armigera Princis, 1962
Symploce bifida Princis, 1962
Symploce congoana Jolivet, 1954
Symploce digitifera Rehn, J. A. G., 1922
Symploce divisa Princis, 1963
Symploce incuriosa Saussure, 1899
Symploce jariverensis Roth, L. M., 1986
Symploce kanemensis Roth, L. M., 1987Caribbean birddrop
Symploce kenyensis Chopard, 1930
Symploce kibalituriensis Roth, L. M., 1986
Symploce kumari Roth, L. M., 1986
Symploce lundi Roth, L. M., 1987Caribbean birddrop
Symploce macroptera Walker, F., 1868
Symploce marshallae Kumar, 1975
Symploce microphthalma Izquierdo & ..., 1992
Symploce natalensis Walker, F., 1868
Symploce pallens Stephens, 1835Smooth cockroach
Symploce relucens Gerstaecker, 1883
Symploce rete A. V. Gorochov, 2007
Symploce royi Princis, 1963
Symploce ruficollis Fabricius, 1787
Symploce sikorae Saussure, 1891
Symploce somaliensis Roth, L. M., 1986
Symploce sudanica Rehn, J. A. G., 1926
Symploce togoana Roth, L. M., 1987Caribbean birddrop
Symploce transita Bei-Bienko, 1964
Symploce triangulifera Princis, 1963
Symploce umbrina Princis, 1963
Temnopteryx abyssinica (Saussure, 1873)⇒ Zhujiblatta anofissilis Q. B. Lin, 1980
Temnopteryx affinis (Shelford, 1910)⇒ Zhujiblatta anofissilis Q. B. Lin, 1980
Temnopteryx arenicola Princis, 1963
Temnopteryx biglumis Princis, 1963
Temnopteryx duplolobata Princis, 1963
Temnopteryx larvalis Princis, 1963
Temnopteryx phalerata Saussure, 1864
Temnopteryx quadriglumis Princis, 1963
Temnopteryx rufa (Shelford, 1910)⇒ Zhujiblatta anofissilis Q. B. Lin, 1980
Temnopteryx zebra Princis, 1963
Termitoblatta bifida Rehn, J. A. G., 1922
Termitoblatta desertorum Adelung, 1905
Termitoblatta minuta Princis, 1963
Xosablatta bitaeniata Princis, 1963
Xosablatta caffra Saussure, 1899
Xosablatta inconspicua Brunner von ..., 1865
Xosablatta intermedia Princis, 1963
Xosablatta lobipennis Princis, 1963
Xosablatta misella Stal, 1856
Xosablatta natalensis Rehn, J. A. G., 1922
Xosablatta obliquata Princis, 1963
Xosablatta pallida Princis, 1963
Xosablatta reducta Princis, 1963
Xosablatta similis Princis, 1963
Xosablatta truncata Princis, 1963
Xosablatta zulu Princis, 1963
Xosaia ameliae Princis, 1963
Xosaia nitida Princis, 1963
Xosaia waltonae Princis, 1963

Subnodes of Blattellidae with occurrences in Africa
SubfamilyBlattellinae
Karny, 1908
35
127
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNyctiborinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPseudomopinae
Rehn, 1951
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeHemithysocerini
Evangelista in Evangelista et al, 2020
3
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeSymplocini
Rehn, 1951
6
80
Genera
Species

Taxom



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