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Checklist for Family Blattidae Stephens, 1829 (American cockroaches)
and region New Zealand (Polynesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
527
5392
17066
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
524
5387
17059
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
498
5315
16945
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
45
166
410
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Blattodea
Latreille, 1810
Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Termites
11
34
62
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Blattoidea
Latreille, 1810
5
19
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyBlattidae
Stephens, 1829
American cockroaches, Household cockroaches
7
24
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for New Zealand
7 Genera with 24 Species
Celatoblatta Johns, 196616SpeciesTaxom
Dorylaea Stål, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Drymaplaneta Tepper, 18682SpeciesTaxom
Maoriblatta Princis, 18653SpeciesTaxom
Pelmatosilpha Dohrn, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Periplaneta Burmeister, 1758Cockroaches1SpeciesTaxom
Platyzosteria Brunner, 1868
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for New Zealand
24 Species
Celatoblatta anisopte Johns, 1966
Celatoblatta anisoptera Johns, 1966
Celatoblatta fuscipes Johns, 1966
Celatoblatta hesperia Johns, 1966
Celatoblatta laevispinata Johns, 1966
Celatoblatta montana Johns, 1966
Celatoblatta notalis Johns, 1966
Celatoblatta notialis Johns, 1966
Celatoblatta pallidicauda Johns, 1966
Celatoblatta peninsularis Johns, 1966
Celatoblatta perpolita Mackerras, 1968
Celatoblatta quinquemaculata Johns, 1966
Celatoblatta sedilloti Bolivar, 1882
Celatoblatta subcorticaria Johns, 1966Placid crayfish
Celatoblatta undulivitta Walker, 1868Sooty crayfish
Celatoblatta vulgaris Johns, 1966Signal crayfish
Dorylaea flavifrons Shaw, 1925
Drymaplaneta heydeniana de Saussure, 1864
Drymaplaneta semivitta Walker, 1868Gisborne cockroach
Maoriblatta brunni Alfken, 1903
Maoriblatta novaeseelandiae Brunner von ..., 1865
Maoriblatta rufoterminata Brunner von ..., 1865Black cockroach
Pelmatosilpha vagabunda Princis, 1954
Periplaneta americana Linnaeus, 1758American

Subnodes of Blattidae with occurrences in New Zealand
SubfamilyBlattinae
Stephens, 1835
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEurycotiinae
McKittrick, 1964
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPolyzosteriinae
Handlirsch in Schröder, 1925
4
21
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