Ants
Ants
Arachnids
Arachnids
Bees
Bees
Beetles
Beetles
Booklice
Booklice
Bugs
Bugs
Bumblebees
Bumblebees
Butterflies
Butterflies
Cicadas
Cicadas
Crane flies
Crane flies
Dragonflies
Dragonflies
Earwigs
Earwigs
Flies
Flies
Isopods
Isopods
Locusts
Locusts
Mantises
Mantises
Mayflies
Mayflies
Mosquitoes
Mosquitoes
Myriapods
Myriapods
Net-winged
Net-winged
Plant-parasitic
Plant-parasitic
Scorpion flies
Scorpion flies
Termites
Termites
Wasps
Wasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist of Family Blattidae Stephens, 1829 (American cockroaches)
for Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
612
8112
20932
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
611
8101
20891
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
584
7978
20649
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
69
418
904
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Blattodea
Latreille, 1810
Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Termites
14
52
158
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Blattoidea
Latreille, 1810
6
18
47
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyBlattidae
Stephens, 1829
American cockroaches, Household cockroaches
6
27
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape
6 Genera with 27 Species
Blatta Linnaeus, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Cartoblatta Shelford, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Deropeltis Burmeister, 183810SpeciesTaxom
Neostylopyga Shelford, 18131SpeciesTaxom
Periplaneta Burmeister, 1775Cockroaches2SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoderopeltis Krauss, 017SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
27 Species and 2 Subspecies
Blatta (Blatta) orientalis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Periplaneta americana Linnaeus, 1758
Deropeltis atra Brunner von ..., 1865
Deropeltis erythrocepahla Fabricius, 1781
Deropeltis erythrocephala Fabricius, 1781
Deropeltis gracilis Burmeister, 1838
Deropeltis intermedia Brunner von ..., 1865
Deropeltis longipennis Saussure, 1873
Deropeltis paulinoi Bolivar, 1881
Deropeltis peringueyi Saussure, 1895Speckled burrowing crayfish
Deropeltis verticalis Burmeister, 1838Slenderwrist burrowing crayfish
Neostylopyga rhombifolia Stoll, 1813Harlequin cockroach
Periplaneta americana Linnaeus, 1758American
Periplaneta australasiae Fabricius, 1775Australian Cockroach
Pseudoderopeltis albilatera Stal, 1856
Pseudoderopeltis areolata Rehn, J. A. G., 1922
Pseudoderopeltis bicolor Thunberg, 1810
Pseudoderopeltis bicolor bicolor Thunberg, 1810
Pseudoderopeltis bicolor similis Saussure, 1864
Pseudoderopeltis bimaculata Walker, F., 1868
Pseudoderopeltis brevicollis Serville, 1839
Pseudoderopeltis brevicolus Serville, 1839
Pseudoderopeltis diluta Stal, 1856
Pseudoderopeltis flavescens Krauss, 1890
Pseudoderopeltis foveolata Walker, F., 1868
Pseudoderopeltis gaerdesi Princis, 1963
Pseudoderopeltis juncea Saussure, 1864
Pseudoderopeltis montana Princis, 1963
Pseudoderopeltis orba Stal, 1856
Pseudoderopeltis similis

Subnodes of Blattidae with occurrences in Cape
SubfamilyBlattinae
Stephens, 1835
6
27
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Links, sources and further information