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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
458
5336
18787
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
455
5331
18781
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
433
5239
18576
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
45
249
594
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Blattodea
Latreille, 1810
Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Termites
10
58
222
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Blattoidea
Latreille, 1810
6
37
143
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyBlattidae
Stephens, 1829
American cockroaches, Household cockroaches
5
9
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Papua New Guinea
5 Genera with 9 Species
Celatoblatta Johns, 1966
0SpeciesTaxom
Dorylaea Stål, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Macrocerca Hanitsch, 19934SpeciesTaxom
Melanozosteria Stål, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Periplaneta Burmeister, 1868Cockroaches2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Papua New Guinea
9 Species
Dorylaea flavicincta Haan, 1842
Dorylaea flavifrons Shaw, 1925
Macrocerca browni Roth, L. M., 1993
Macrocerca citroculata Roth, L. M., 1993
Macrocerca galbomaculata Roth, L. M., 1993
Macrocerca strazanaci Roth, L. M., 1993
Melanozosteria nitida Brunner von ..., 1865Black cockroach
Periplaneta australasiae Fabricius, 1775Australian Cockroach
Periplaneta brunnea Burmeister, 1868Brown Cockroach

Subnodes of Blattidae with occurrences in Papua New Guinea
SubfamilyBlattinae
Stephens, 1835
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPolyzosteriinae
Handlirsch in Schröder, 1925
3
5
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