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Checklist for Family Blattidae Stephens, 1829 (American cockroaches)
and region Queensland (East Australia, Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
713
10688
33073
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
709
10675
33062
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
674
10520
32717
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
80
575
1486
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Blattodea
Latreille, 1810
Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Termites
20
108
492
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Blattoidea
Latreille, 1810
9
60
259
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyBlattidae
Stephens, 1829
American cockroaches, Household cockroaches
16
94
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Queensland
16 Genera with 94 Species
Anamesia Tepper, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Celatoblatta Johns, 19257SpeciesTaxom
Cosmozosteria Stål, 186817SpeciesTaxom
Desmozosteria Shelford, 19662SpeciesTaxom
Eppertia Shaw, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Leptozosteria Tepper, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Macrocerca Hanitsch, 19943SpeciesTaxom
Megazosteria Mackerras, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Melanozosteria Stål, 191818SpeciesTaxom
Methana Stål, 19259SpeciesTaxom
Periplaneta Burmeister, 1868Cockroaches4SpeciesTaxom
Platyzosteria Brunner, 191821SpeciesTaxom
Polyzosteria Burmeister, 1893bush cockroach2SpeciesTaxom
Potyzosteria Walker, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Scabina Shelford, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Temnelytra Tepper, 18652SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Queensland
94 Species
Anamesia frenchii Tepper, 1893
Anamesia lambii Tepper, 1893
Celatoblatta immunda Shelford, 1911
Celatoblatta marksae Mackerras, 1968
Celatoblatta perpolita Mackerras, 1968
Celatoblatta quadriloba Mackerras, 1968
Celatoblatta shawi Princis, 1966
Celatoblatta shelfordi Shaw, 1925
Celatoblatta tryoni Shaw, 1925
Cosmozosteria bicolor de Saussure, 1864
Cosmozosteria brisbanensis (Shaw, 1925)⇒ Cosmozosteria subzonata Tepper, 1894
Cosmozosteria froggatti Shelford, 1909
Cosmozosteria gloriosa Shelford, 1909Beautiful wingless cockroach
Cosmozosteria hrisbanensis Shaw, 1925
Cosmozosteria lateralis Walker, 1868
Cosmozosteria maculimarginata Tepper, 1895
Cosmozosteria mesomacula Mackerras, 1967
Cosmozosteria musgravei Mackerras, 1967
Cosmozosteria onata Walker, 1868
Cosmozosteria picta Tepper, 1894
Cosmozosteria sloanei Shaw, 1925Sloane´s wingless cockroach
Cosmozosteria slonei
Cosmozosteria striata Mackerras, 1967
Cosmozosteria subzonata Tepper, 1894Banded Cockroach
Cosmozosteria trifasciata Tepper, 1893
Cosmozosteria zonata Walker, 1868Pandanus cockroach
Desmozosteria cincta Shelford, 1909Striped desert cockroach
Desmozosteria scripta Mackerras, 1966
Eppertia aptera Princis, 1966
Eppertia furcata Tepper, 1895
Leptozosteria carpentariensis Mackerras, 1967
Leptozosteria prima (Tepper, 1893)⇒ Platyzosteria prima Tepper, 1893
Macrocerca hopensis Roth, L. M., 1994
Macrocerca shelfordi Princis, 1965
Macrocerca shiptona Roth, L. M., 1994
Megazosteria patula Walker, 1868
Melanozosteria ayrensis Mackerras, 1968
Melanozosteria bicolor (Kirby, W. F., 1903)⇒ Platyzosteria bicolor Kirby, 1903
Melanozosteria brevitarsis Shaw, 1922
Melanozosteria cingulata Shaw, 1922
Melanozosteria circumducta Walker, F., 1868
Melanozosteria feriarum Shaw, 1922
Melanozosteria illingworthi Shaw, 1918
Melanozosteria kellyi Shaw, 1918
Melanozosteria melanesiae Shelford, 1909
Melanozosteria mjobergi
Melanozosteria mjoebergi (Princis, 1966)⇒ Platyzosteria mjoebergi Princis, 1966
Melanozosteria nitida Brunner von ..., 1865Black cockroach
Melanozosteria nitidella Shaw, 1918
Melanozosteria popeae Mackerras, 1968
Melanozosteria secunda (Tepper, 1894)⇒ Melanozosteria triangulata Brunner von ..., 1893
Melanozosteria spryi Shaw, 1922
Melanozosteria triangulata Brunner von ..., 1893
Melanozosteria uncinata Shaw, 1918
Methana athertonensis Mackerras, 1968
Methana caneae Pope, 1953
Methana convexa Walker, F., 1869
Methana curvigera Walker, F., 1868
Methana hackeri Shaw, 1925
Methana marginalis Saussure, 1864Common methana
Methana mjoebergi Shaw, 1925
Methana parva Shaw, 1925
Methana sjoestedti Shaw, 1925
Periplaneta aboriginea Roth, 1994Aboriginal cockroach
Periplaneta americana Linnaeus, 1758American
Periplaneta australasiae Fabricius, 1775Australian Cockroach
Periplaneta brunnea Burmeister, 1868Brown Cockroach
Platyzosteria anceps Shaw, 1925
Platyzosteria armata Tepper, 1893
Platyzosteria babindae (Shaw, 1922)⇒ Platyzosteria scabrella Tepper, 1893
Platyzosteria bicolor Kirby, 1903
Platyzosteria bifida Saussure, 1873
Platyzosteria carpentariensis (Mackerras, 1967)⇒ Leptozosteria carpentariensis Mackerras, 1967
Platyzosteria ceratodi Krauss, 1902
Platyzosteria cingulata (Shaw, 1922)⇒ Melanozosteria cingulata Shaw, 1922
Platyzosteria coolgardiensis Tepper, 1895
Platyzosteria glabra Walker, F., 1868
Platyzosteria grandis Saussure, 1873
Platyzosteria incurva Shaw, 1918
Platyzosteria melanaria Erichson, 1842
Platyzosteria mjoebergi Princis, 1966
Platyzosteria prima Tepper, 1893
Platyzosteria rufoscabra Mackerras, 1967
Platyzosteria scabra Brunner von ..., 1865
Platyzosteria scabrella Tepper, 1893
Platyzosteria secunda (Tepper, 1894)⇒ Melanozosteria triangulata Brunner von ..., 1893
Platyzosteria stradbrokensis Mackerras, 1967
Platyzosteria subarmata (Shaw, 1918)⇒ Platyzosteria bifida Saussure, 1873
Polyzosteria limbata Burmeister, 1838Botany Bay Cockroach
Polyzosteria pubescens Tepper, 1893
Potyzosteria frenchi Tepper, 1893
Scabina antipoda Kirby, W. F., 1903
Temnelytra marksae (Mackerras, 1968)⇒ Celatoblatta marksae Mackerras, 1968
Temnelytra truncata Brunner von ..., 1865

Subnodes of Blattidae with occurrences in Queensland
SubfamilyBlattinae
Stephens, 1835
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPolyzosteriinae
Handlirsch in Schröder, 1925
15
90
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