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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
503
7105
22102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
501
7100
22096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
482
7015
21853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
60
436
1014
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Blattodea
Latreille, 1810
Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Termites
14
86
218
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Blattoidea
Latreille, 1810
7
44
145
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyBlattidae
Stephens, 1829
American cockroaches, Household cockroaches
6
33
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kenya
6 Genera with 33 Species
Cartoblatta Shelford, 19382SpeciesTaxom
Deropeltis Burmeister, 190219SpeciesTaxom
Hebardina Bey-Bienko, 19072SpeciesTaxom
Neostylopyga Shelford, 18132SpeciesTaxom
Periplaneta Burmeister, 1868Cockroaches3SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoderopeltis Krauss, 19515SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
33 Species
Cartoblatta pulchra Shelford, 1910
Cartoblatta unicolor Chopard, 1938
Deropeltis abbreviala Chopard, 1938
Deropeltis abbreviata Chopard, 1938
Deropeltis adelungi Shelford, 1910
Deropeltis barbeyana Saussure, 1895
Deropeltis brevipennis Shelford, 1909
Deropeltis comosa Rehn, J. A. G., 1922
Deropeltis elgonensis Princis, 1955
Deropeltis hanitschi Princis, 1955
Deropeltis impressa Princis, 1966
Deropeltis integerrima Brunner von ..., 1865
Deropeltis kivuensis Princis, 1955
Deropeltis melanophila Walker, F., 1869
Deropeltis mossambica Princis, 1963Mimic crayfish
Deropeltis nigrita Saussure, 1895
Deropeltis pallipes Chopard, 1938Lavender burrowing crayfish
Deropeltis pilosa Princis, 1963Digger crayfish
Deropeltis robusta Gerstaecker, 1883Camp Shelby burrowing crayfish
Deropeltis schweinfurthi Saussure, 1895
Deropeltis tullbergi (Borg, 1902)⇒ Deropeltis robusta Gerstaecker, 1883
Hebardina flavilatera Saussure, 1895
Hebardina ugandana Giglio-Tos, 1907
Neostylopyga propinqua Shelford, 1910
Neostylopyga rhombifolia Stoll, 1813Harlequin cockroach
Periplaneta americana Linnaeus, 1758American
Periplaneta benzoni Princis, 1951
Periplaneta brunnea Burmeister, 1868Brown Cockroach
Pseudoderopeltis jeanneli Chopard, 1938
Pseudoderopeltis microthorax Chopard, 1938
Pseudoderopeltis petrophila Shelford, 1910
Pseudoderopeltis rothschildi Shelford, 1907
Pseudoderopeltis simulans Princis, 1951

Subnodes of Blattidae with occurrences in Kenya
SubfamilyBlattinae
Stephens, 1835
5
31
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHebardininae
Deng and Che, 2022
1
2
Genus
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