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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
462
4268
10566
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
461
4265
10563
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
440
4192
10451
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
49
280
551
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Blattodea
Latreille, 1810
Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Termites
10
64
210
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Blattoidea
Latreille, 1810
5
39
158
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyBlattidae
Stephens, 1829
American cockroaches, Household cockroaches
19
99
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for South Australia
19 Genera with 99 Species
Anamesia Tepper, 19663SpeciesTaxom
Blatta Linnaeus, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Cosmozosteria Stål, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Desmozosteria Shelford, 19667SpeciesTaxom
Drymaplaneta Tepper, 18682SpeciesTaxom
Eppertia Shaw, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Euzosteria Shelford, 192510SpeciesTaxom
Leptozosteria Tepper, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Megazosteria Mackerras, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Melanozosteria Stål, 189314SpeciesTaxom
Methana Stål, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Periplaneta Burmeister, 1868Cockroaches4SpeciesTaxom
Platyzosteria Brunner, 196727SpeciesTaxom
Polyzosteria Burmeister, 1909bush cockroach9SpeciesTaxom
Potyzosteria Walker, 18933SpeciesTaxom
Pseudolampra Tepper, 18933SpeciesTaxom
Pseudozosteria Princis, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Temnelytra Tepper, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Zonioploca Stål, 19657SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South Australia
99 Species
Anamesia lambii Tepper, 1893
Anamesia lindsayi (Tepper, 1893)⇒ Potyzosteria lindsayi Tepper, 1893
Anamesia maculosa (Mackerras, 1966)⇒ Potyzosteria maculosa Mackerras, 1966
Blatta (Blatta) orientalis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Periplaneta americana Linnaeus, 1758
Cosmozosteria bicolor de Saussure, 1864
Cosmozosteria trifasciata Tepper, 1893
Desmozosteria easti Tepper, 1893
Desmozosteria eastii Tepper, 1893
Desmozosteria elongata Mackerras, 1966
Desmozosteria lunata Mackerras, 1966
Desmozosteria obscura Mackerras, 1966
Desmozosteria pallidula Mackerras, 1966
Desmozosteria scripta Mackerras, 1966
Drymaplaneta communis Tepper, 1893Common shining cockroach
Drymaplaneta semivitta Walker, 1868Gisborne cockroach
Eppertia furcata Tepper, 1895
Eppertia robusta Shelford, 1909
Euzosteria elegans Mackerras, 1965
Euzosteria ferruginea Mackerras, 1965
Euzosteria minor Mackerras, 1965
Euzosteria mitchelli (Angas, 1847)⇒ Polyzosteria mitchelli Angas, 1847
Euzosteria nobilis Brunner von ..., 1865
Euzosteria nobills Brunner von ..., 1865
Euzosteria sordida Shaw, 1925
Euzosteria subreflexa Tepper, 1895
Euzosteria subverrucosa White, 1841
Euzosteria tuberculata Shaw, 1925
Leptozosteria prima (Tepper, 1893)⇒ Platyzosteria prima Tepper, 1893
Megazosteria impressa Tepper, 1896
Melanozosteria aculeata Mackerras, 1968
Melanozosteria atra Mackerras, 1968
Melanozosteria balteata Tepper, 1893
Melanozosteria circumducta Walker, F., 1868
Melanozosteria communis (Tepper, 1893)⇒ Drymaplaneta communis Tepper, 1893
Melanozosteria exigua Mackerras, 1968
Melanozosteria handschini (Princis, 1954)⇒ Platyzosteria handschini Princis, 1954
Melanozosteria morosa Shelford, 1909
Melanozosteria nitida Brunner von ..., 1865Black cockroach
Melanozosteria obscura Tepper, 1893
Melanozosteria picea Princis, 1954
Melanozosteria semivitta (Walker, F., 1868)⇒ Drymaplaneta semivitta Walker, 1868
Melanozosteria subbifasciata Tepper, 1893
Melanozosteria triangulata Brunner von ..., 1893
Methana parva Shaw, 1925
Periplaneta americana Linnaeus, 1758American
Periplaneta australasiae Fabricius, 1775Australian Cockroach
Periplaneta basedowi (Tepper, 1904)⇒ Ataxigamia basedowi Tepper, 1904
Periplaneta brunnea Burmeister, 1868Brown Cockroach
Platyzosteria albomarginata (Brunner von ..., 1865)⇒ Platyzosteria melanaria Erichson, 1842
Platyzosteria analis (Saussure, 1864)⇒ Platyzosteria melanaria Erichson, 1842
Platyzosteria armata Tepper, 1893
Platyzosteria aterrima Erichson, 1842
Platyzosteria atra (Mackerras, 1968)⇒ Melanozosteria atra Mackerras, 1968
Platyzosteria avocaensis Tepper, 1893
Platyzosteria balteata (Tepper, 1893)⇒ Melanozosteria balteata Tepper, 1893
Platyzosteria biglumis Saussure, 1864
Platyzosteria brunnea Tepper, 1893
Platyzosteria grandis Saussure, 1873
Platyzosteria handschini Princis, 1954
Platyzosteria jungi Tepper, 1895
Platyzosteria marginalis Princis, 1954
Platyzosteria melanaria Erichson, 1842
Platyzosteria morosa (Shelford, 1909)⇒ Melanozosteria morosa Shelford, 1909
Platyzosteria obscuripes Tepper, 1893
Platyzosteria provisionalis Tepper, 1893
Platyzosteria proyisionalis Tepper, 1893
Platyzosteria pseudatrata Tepper, 1893
Platyzosteria pseudocastanea Tepper, 1893
Platyzosteria rufofusca (Tepper, 1893)⇒ Platyzosteria grandis Saussure, 1873
Platyzosteria scabrella Tepper, 1893
Platyzosteria similis Princis, 1954
Platyzosteria spatiosa Shaw, 1922
Platyzosteria submarginata (Tepper, 1893)⇒ Drymaplaneta communis Tepper, 1893
Platyzosteria tennis Mackerras, 1967
Platyzosteria tenuis Mackerras, 1967
Polyzosteria analis (Saussure, 1864)⇒ Platyzosteria melanaria Erichson, 1842
Polyzosteria cuprea de Saussure, 1863
Polyzosteria limbata Burmeister, 1838Botany Bay Cockroach
Polyzosteria magna Shaw, 1914
Polyzosteria mitchelli Angas, 1847Mitchell´s diurnal cockroach
Polyzosteria obscuroviridis Tepper, 1893
Polyzosteria oculata Tepper, 1893
Polyzosteria pubescens Tepper, 1893
Polyzosteria viridissima Shelford, 1909Kosciuszko Metallic Cockroach
Potyzosteria ornata Tepper, 1893
Potyzosteria punctata Tepper, 1893
Potyzosteria rothei Tepper, 1893
Pseudolampra ornata (Tepper, 1893)⇒ Potyzosteria ornata Tepper, 1893
Pseudolampra punctata (Tepper, 1893)⇒ Potyzosteria punctata Tepper, 1893
Pseudolampra rothei (Tepper, 1893)⇒ Potyzosteria rothei Tepper, 1893
Pseudozosteria robusta Shelford, 1909
Temnelytra truncata Brunner von ..., 1865
Zonioploca alutacea (Stål, 1874)⇒ Zonioploca occidentales Mackerras, 1965
Zonioploca flavocincta Shaw, 1914
Zonioploca latizona Tepper, 1893
Zonioploca medilinea Tepper, 1893
Zonioploca occidentales Mackerras, 1965
Zonioploca occidentalis Mackerras, 1965
Zonioploca tepperi Mackerras, 1965

Subnodes of Blattidae with occurrences in South Australia
SubfamilyBlattinae
Stephens, 1835
3
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPolyzosteriinae
Handlirsch in Schröder, 1925
16
93
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