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Checklist for Family Blattidae Stephens, 1829 (American cockroaches)
and region North America (America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1156
31409
217039
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1150
31356
216933
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1053
30832
214432
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
196
1726
6404
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Blattodea
Latreille, 1810
Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Termites
44
269
905
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Blattoidea
Latreille, 1810
10
64
233
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyBlattidae
Stephens, 1829
American cockroaches, Household cockroaches
17
40
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for North America
17 Genera with 40 Species
Blatta Linnaeus, 04SpeciesTaxom
Blattina Hebard, 18738SpeciesTaxom
Celatoblatta Johns, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Cosmozosteria Stål, 1874
0SpeciesTaxom
Deropeltis Burmeister, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Drymaplaneta Tepper, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Eurycotis Stål, 19167SpeciesTaxom
Homalosilpha Stål, 1874
0SpeciesTaxom
Macrocerca Hanitsch, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Melanozosteria Stål, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Neostylopyga Shelford, 18131SpeciesTaxom
Netherea Vrsansky & A..., 20081SpeciesTaxom
Pelmatosilpha Dohrn, 19003SpeciesTaxom
Periplaneta Burmeister, 1775Cockroaches7SpeciesTaxom
Platyzosteria Brunner, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Shelfordella Adelung, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Stantoniella Becker-Migdi..., 19061SpeciesTaxom


Species list for North America
40 Species
Blatta (Blatta) orientalis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Periplaneta americana Linnaeus, 1758
Blatta gigantea (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Blaberus giganteus Linnaeus, 1758
Blatta lateralis (Walker, 1868)⇒ Hemithyrsocera histrio Burmeister, 1838
Blatta orientallis
Blattina bretonensis Scudder, 1875
Blattina fascigera Scudder, 1878
Blattina flabellata Germar, 1842
Blattina heeri Scudder, 1875
Blattina parvula Goldenberg, 1869
Blattina sepulta (S. H. Scudder, 1876)⇒ Hemimylacris sepulta Scudder, 1876
Blattina venusta Lesquereux, 1860
Blattina weissigensis Geinitz, 1873
Celatoblatta shelfordi Shaw, 1925
Deropeltis melanophila Walker, F., 1869
Drymaplaneta communis Tepper, 1893Common shining cockroach
Eurycotis caraibea Bolivar, 1888Cockroach
Eurycotis floridana F. Walker, 1868Florida cockroach
Eurycotis lixa Rehn, J. A. G., 1930Hustler cockroach
Eurycotis mexicana Saussure, 1862
Eurycotis mysteca Saussure, 1862
Eurycotis opaca Brunner von ..., 1865Cockroach
Eurycotis tibialis Hebard, 1916Cockroach
Macrocerca shelfordi Princis, 1965
Melanozosteria insulae Mackerras, 1968
Melanozosteria soror Brunner von ..., 1865White-edged wingless cockroach
Neostylopyga rhombifolia Stoll, 1813Harlequin cockroach
Netherea haatika P. Vrsansky, 2008
Pelmatosilpha miranha Rehn, J. A. G., 1930
Pelmatosilpha occidentalis Saussure, 1864
Pelmatosilpha rotundata Scudder, 1900
Periplaneta americana Linnaeus, 1758American
Periplaneta australasiae Fabricius, 1775Australian Cockroach
Periplaneta brunnea Burmeister, 1868Brown Cockroach
Periplaneta fuliginosa Serville, 1839Smokeybrown cockroad
Periplaneta japonica Karny, 1908Japanese cockroach
Periplaneta lateralis (Walker, 1868)⇒ Dolichovespula arenaria Fabricius, 1775
Periplaneta repanda (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Periplaneta australasiae Fabricius, 1775
Platyzosteria incurva Shaw, 1918
Shelfordella lateralis (Walker, 1868)⇒ Dolichovespula arenaria Fabricius, 1775
Stantoniella cretacea A. Handlirsch, 1906

Subnodes of Blattidae with occurrences in North America
SubfamilyArchiblattinae
Kirby, 1904
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyBlattinae
Stephens, 1835
6
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEurycotiinae
McKittrick, 1964
2
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPolyzosteriinae
Handlirsch in Schröder, 1925
6
6
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