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Checklist for Family Blattidae Stephens, 1829 (American cockroaches)
and region East Australia (Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
836
13899
51626
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
832
13882
51607
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
786
13663
51105
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
100
778
2117
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Blattodea
Latreille, 1810
Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Termites
25
135
680
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Blattoidea
Latreille, 1810
9
69
347
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyBlattidae
Stephens, 1829
American cockroaches, Household cockroaches
23
153
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for East Australia
23 Genera with 153 Species
#ABCDELMNPSTZ
Anamesia Tepper, 18684SpeciesTaxom
Blatta Linnaeus, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Celatoblatta Johns, 19257SpeciesTaxom
Cosmozosteria Stål, 186817SpeciesTaxom
Desmozosteria Shelford, 19662SpeciesTaxom
Drymaplaneta Tepper, 19095SpeciesTaxom
Duchailluia hanstrᦙ..., 19082SpeciesTaxom
Eppertia Shaw, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Euzosteria Shelford, 19253SpeciesTaxom
Leptozosteria Tepper, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Macrocerca Hanitsch, 19943SpeciesTaxom
Megazosteria Mackerras, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Melanozosteria Stål, 191827SpeciesTaxom
Methana Stål, 186411SpeciesTaxom
Neostylopyga Shelford, 18131SpeciesTaxom
Periplaneta Burmeister, 1839Cockroaches6SpeciesTaxom
Platyzosteria Brunner, 191835SpeciesTaxom
Polyzosteria Burmeister, 1909bush cockroach12SpeciesTaxom
Potyzosteria Walker, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Pseudolampra Tepper, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Scabina Shelford, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Temnelytra Tepper, 18654SpeciesTaxom
Zonioploca Stål, 18934SpeciesTaxom


Species list for East Australia
153 Species
Anamesia frenchii Tepper, 1893
Anamesia fulvornata (Tepper, 1894)⇒ Potyzosteria fulvornata Tepper, 1894
Anamesia lambii Tepper, 1893
Anamesia polyzona Walker, 1868
Blatta (Blatta) orientalis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Periplaneta americana Linnaeus, 1758
Celatoblatta immunda Shelford, 1911
Celatoblatta marksae Mackerras, 1968
Celatoblatta perpolita Mackerras, 1968
Celatoblatta quadriloba Mackerras, 1968
Celatoblatta shawi Princis, 1966
Celatoblatta shelfordi Shaw, 1925
Celatoblatta tryoni Shaw, 1925
Cosmozosteria bicolor de Saussure, 1864
Cosmozosteria brisbanensis (Shaw, 1925)⇒ Cosmozosteria subzonata Tepper, 1894
Cosmozosteria froggatti Shelford, 1909
Cosmozosteria gloriosa Shelford, 1909Beautiful wingless cockroach
Cosmozosteria hrisbanensis Shaw, 1925
Cosmozosteria lateralis Walker, 1868
Cosmozosteria maculimarginata Tepper, 1895
Cosmozosteria mesomacula Mackerras, 1967
Cosmozosteria musgravei Mackerras, 1967
Cosmozosteria onata Walker, 1868
Cosmozosteria picta Tepper, 1894
Cosmozosteria sloanei Shaw, 1925Sloane´s wingless cockroach
Cosmozosteria slonei
Cosmozosteria striata Mackerras, 1967
Cosmozosteria subzonata Tepper, 1894Banded Cockroach
Cosmozosteria trifasciata Tepper, 1893
Cosmozosteria zonata Walker, 1868Pandanus cockroach
Desmozosteria cincta Shelford, 1909Striped desert cockroach
Desmozosteria scripta Mackerras, 1966
Drymaplaneta communis Tepper, 1893Common shining cockroach
Drymaplaneta lobipennis Princis, 1954
Drymaplaneta semivitta Walker, 1868Gisborne cockroach
Drymaplaneta shelfordi Princis, 1954
Drymaplaneta variegata Shelford, 1909
Duchailluia assimilis Shelford, 1908
Duchailluia nigerrima Shelford, 1908
Eppertia aptera Princis, 1966
Eppertia furcata Tepper, 1895
Euzosteria nobilis Brunner von ..., 1865
Euzosteria subreflexa Tepper, 1895
Euzosteria tuberculata Shaw, 1925
Leptozosteria carpentariensis Mackerras, 1967
Leptozosteria prima (Tepper, 1893)⇒ Platyzosteria prima Tepper, 1893
Macrocerca hopensis Roth, L. M., 1994
Macrocerca shelfordi Princis, 1965
Macrocerca shiptona Roth, L. M., 1994
Megazosteria patula Walker, 1868
Melanozosteria ayrensis Mackerras, 1968
Melanozosteria bicolor (Kirby, W. F., 1903)⇒ Platyzosteria bicolor Kirby, 1903
Melanozosteria brevitarsis Shaw, 1922
Melanozosteria capitolina Mackerras, 1968
Melanozosteria castanea Brunner von ..., 1865
Melanozosteria cingulata Shaw, 1922
Melanozosteria circumducta Walker, F., 1868
Melanozosteria dookiensis Roach, 1998
Melanozosteria feriarum Shaw, 1922
Melanozosteria illingworthi Shaw, 1918
Melanozosteria insularis Shaw, 1925
Melanozosteria kellyi Shaw, 1918
Melanozosteria melanesiae Shelford, 1909
Melanozosteria mjobergi
Melanozosteria mjoebergi (Princis, 1966)⇒ Platyzosteria mjoebergi Princis, 1966
Melanozosteria montana Mackerras, 1968
Melanozosteria morosa Shelford, 1909
Melanozosteria nitida Brunner von ..., 1865Black cockroach
Melanozosteria nitidella Shaw, 1918
Melanozosteria parva Tepper, 1895
Melanozosteria popeae Mackerras, 1968
Melanozosteria pulchra Shaw, 1925
Melanozosteria secunda (Tepper, 1894)⇒ Melanozosteria triangulata Brunner von ..., 1893
Melanozosteria spryi Shaw, 1922
Melanozosteria tepperi Shaw, 1918
Melanozosteria triangulata Brunner von ..., 1893
Melanozosteria uncinata Shaw, 1918
Methana athertonensis Mackerras, 1968
Methana caneae Pope, 1953
Methana convexa Walker, F., 1869
Methana curvigera Walker, F., 1868
Methana hackeri Shaw, 1925
Methana lunata Tepper, 1895
Methana marginalis Saussure, 1864Common methana
Methana mjoebergi Shaw, 1925
Methana parva Shaw, 1925
Methana sjoestedti Shaw, 1925
Methana soror de Saussure, 1864
Neostylopyga rhombifolia Stoll, 1813Harlequin cockroach
Periplaneta aboriginea Roth, 1994Aboriginal cockroach
Periplaneta americana Linnaeus, 1758American
Periplaneta atrata (Bei-Bienko, 1969)⇒ Platyzosteria melanaria Erichson, 1842
Periplaneta australasiae Fabricius, 1775Australian Cockroach
Periplaneta brunnea Burmeister, 1868Brown Cockroach
Periplaneta fuliginosa Serville, 1839Smokeybrown cockroad
Platyzosteria ainsliensis Mackerras, 1967
Platyzosteria albomarginata (Brunner von ..., 1865)⇒ Platyzosteria melanaria Erichson, 1842
Platyzosteria analis (Saussure, 1864)⇒ Platyzosteria melanaria Erichson, 1842
Platyzosteria anceps Shaw, 1925
Platyzosteria armata Tepper, 1893
Platyzosteria aterrima Erichson, 1842
Platyzosteria atrata (Erichson, 1842)⇒ Platyzosteria melanaria Erichson, 1842
Platyzosteria avocaensis Tepper, 1893
Platyzosteria babindae (Shaw, 1922)⇒ Platyzosteria scabrella Tepper, 1893
Platyzosteria bicolor Kirby, 1903
Platyzosteria bifida Saussure, 1873
Platyzosteria biglumis Saussure, 1864
Platyzosteria brigitae (Shaw, 1914)⇒ Platyzosteria biglumis Saussure, 1864
Platyzosteria carpentariensis (Mackerras, 1967)⇒ Leptozosteria carpentariensis Mackerras, 1967
Platyzosteria ceratodi Krauss, 1902
Platyzosteria cingulata (Shaw, 1922)⇒ Melanozosteria cingulata Shaw, 1922
Platyzosteria coolgardiensis Tepper, 1895
Platyzosteria coxalis Walker, F., 1871
Platyzosteria glabra Walker, F., 1868
Platyzosteria grandis Saussure, 1873
Platyzosteria incurva Shaw, 1918
Platyzosteria jungi Tepper, 1895
Platyzosteria melanaria Erichson, 1842
Platyzosteria mjoebergi Princis, 1966
Platyzosteria perplexa (Shelford, 1909)⇒ Platyzosteria biglumis Saussure, 1864
Platyzosteria prima Tepper, 1893
Platyzosteria pullata (Shaw, 1914)⇒ Platyzosteria melanaria Erichson, 1842
Platyzosteria punctata Brunner von ..., 1865
Platyzosteria rufoscabra Mackerras, 1967
Platyzosteria scabra Brunner von ..., 1865
Platyzosteria scabrella Tepper, 1893
Platyzosteria secunda (Tepper, 1894)⇒ Melanozosteria triangulata Brunner von ..., 1893
Platyzosteria similis Princis, 1954
Platyzosteria stradbrokensis Mackerras, 1967
Platyzosteria subarmata (Shaw, 1918)⇒ Platyzosteria bifida Saussure, 1873
Polyzosteria aenea Burmeister, 1838
Polyzosteria analis (Saussure, 1864)⇒ Platyzosteria melanaria Erichson, 1842
Polyzosteria coxalis (Walker, 1871)⇒ Melanozosteria castanea Brunner von ..., 1865
Polyzosteria cuprea de Saussure, 1863
Polyzosteria invisa Walker, F., 1868Dwarf milkweed
Polyzosteria limbata Burmeister, 1838Botany Bay Cockroach
Polyzosteria magna Shaw, 1914
Polyzosteria metallica Shaw, 1914Shining diurnal cockroach
Polyzosteria mitchelli Angas, 1847Mitchell´s diurnal cockroach
Polyzosteria oculata Tepper, 1893
Polyzosteria pubescens Tepper, 1893
Polyzosteria viridissima Shelford, 1909Kosciuszko Metallic Cockroach
Potyzosteria frenchi Tepper, 1893
Potyzosteria fulvornata Tepper, 1894
Pseudolampra rothei (Tepper, 1893)⇒ Potyzosteria rothei Tepper, 1893
Scabina antipoda Kirby, W. F., 1903
Temnelytra abbreviata Tepper, 1895
Temnelytra marksae (Mackerras, 1968)⇒ Celatoblatta marksae Mackerras, 1968
Temnelytra subtruncata Tepper, 1895
Temnelytra truncata Brunner von ..., 1865
Zonioploca bicolor Shaw, 1925
Zonioploca flavocincta Shaw, 1914
Zonioploca latizona Tepper, 1893
Zonioploca medilinea Tepper, 1893

Subnodes of Blattidae with occurrences in East Australia
SubfamilyBlattinae
Stephens, 1835
3
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDuchailluiinae
Roth, 2003
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPolyzosteriinae
Handlirsch in Schröder, 1925
19
143
Genera
Species

Taxom



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