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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
821
5775
13294
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
816
5759
13254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
742
5509
12775
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
101
392
674
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Blattodea
Latreille, 1810
Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Termites
22
110
226
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Blattoidea
Latreille, 1810
9
67
164
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyBlattidae
Stephens, 1829
American cockroaches, Household cockroaches
10
20
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Phanerozoic
10 Genera with 20 Species
Argentinochorista Martins-Neto..., 19991SpeciesTaxom
Blatta Linnaeus, 18915SpeciesTaxom
Blattina Hebard, 18131SpeciesTaxom
Eoplaneta Piton & Théo..., 19371SpeciesTaxom
Mendozablatta1SpeciesTaxom
Periplaneta Burmeister, 1910Cockroaches6SpeciesTaxom
Polyzosteria Burmeister, 1836bush cockroach2SpeciesTaxom
Prostylopyga Piton, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Protectobia Piton, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Rastroblatta1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Phanerozoic
20 Species
Argentinochorista pulchella Martins-Neto..., 1999
Blatta berendti C. G. Giebel, 1856
Blatta colorata O. Heer, 1864
Blatta gedanensis E. F. Germar, 1856
Blatta pauperata C. von Heyden, 1862
Blatta sundgaviensis B. Förster, 1891
Blattina succinea Germar, 1813
Eoplaneta desforesti L. Piton, 1937
Mendozablatta herbsti Martins-Neto..., 1999
Periplaneta eocaenica F. Meunier, 1921
Periplaneta houlberti L. Piton, 1940
Periplaneta hylecoeta J. F. Zhang, 1989
Periplaneta lacera J. F. Zhang, 1989
Periplaneta relicta F. Meunier, 1921
Periplaneta succinica R. Shelford, 1910
Polyzosteria parvula E. F. Germar, 1856
Polyzosteria tricuspidata G. C. Berendt, 1836
Prostylopyga gigantea L. Piton, 1940
Protectobia primordialis L. Piton, 1940
Rastroblatta forsteri Martins-Neto..., 1999

Subnodes of Blattidae with occurrences in Phanerozoic
SubfamilyArchiblattinae
Kirby, 1904
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyBlattinae
Stephens, 1835
2
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPolyzosteriinae
Handlirsch in Schröder, 1925
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