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Checklist for Family Blattidae Stephens, 1829 (American cockroaches)
and region New Guinea (Australasia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
397
4697
21747
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
396
4696
21746
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
381
4612
21406
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
52
413
1666
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Blattodea
Latreille, 1810
Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Termites
9
43
155
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Blattoidea
Latreille, 1810
4
13
24
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyBlattidae
Stephens, 1829
American cockroaches, Household cockroaches
8
19
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for New Guinea
8 Genera with 19 Species
Celatoblatta Johns, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Dorylaea Stål, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Macrocerca Hanitsch, 19938SpeciesTaxom
Melanozosteria Stål, 18933SpeciesTaxom
Methana Stål, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Neostylopyga Shelford, 19123SpeciesTaxom
Periplaneta Burmeister, 1775Cockroaches1SpeciesTaxom
Platyzosteria Brunner, 19031SpeciesTaxom


Species list for New Guinea
19 Species
Celatoblatta papuae Shaw, 1925
Dorylaea flavicincta Haan, 1842
Macrocerca asymmetrica Roth, L. M., 1993
Macrocerca browni Roth, L. M., 1993
Macrocerca citroculata Roth, L. M., 1993
Macrocerca galbomaculata Roth, L. M., 1993
Macrocerca hogenesi Roth, L. M., 1993
Macrocerca leopoldi Hanitsch, 1930
Macrocerca strazanaci Roth, L. M., 1993
Macrocerca trigonalifera Roth, L. M., 1993
Melanozosteria bicolor (Kirby, W. F., 1903)⇒ Platyzosteria bicolor Kirby, 1903
Melanozosteria nitida Brunner von ..., 1865Black cockroach
Melanozosteria triangulata Brunner von ..., 1893
Methana papua Shelford, 1908
Neostylopyga coxalis Walker, F., 1868
Neostylopyga maculifrons Hanitsch, 1931
Neostylopyga schultzei Shelford, 1912
Periplaneta australasiae Fabricius, 1775Australian Cockroach
Platyzosteria bicolor Kirby, 1903

Subnodes of Blattidae with occurrences in New Guinea
SubfamilyBlattinae
Stephens, 1835
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPolyzosteriinae
Handlirsch in Schröder, 1925
5
14
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