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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
999
17279
73737
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
994
17258
73681
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
883
16814
72502
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
156
933
2006
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Blattodea
Latreille, 1810
Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Termites
38
204
400
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Blattoidea
Latreille, 1810
8
71
150
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyBlattidae
Stephens, 1829
American cockroaches, Household cockroaches
13
23
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Europe
13 Genera with 23 Species
Blatta Linnaeus, 18913SpeciesTaxom
Deropeltis Burmeister, 18692SpeciesTaxom
Eoplaneta Piton & Théo..., 19371SpeciesTaxom
Eurycotis Stål, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Euzosteria Shelford, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Neostylopyga Shelford, 18131SpeciesTaxom
Pelmatosilpha Dohrn, 19652SpeciesTaxom
Periplaneta Burmeister, 1940Cockroaches4SpeciesTaxom
Platyzosteria Brunner, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Prostylopyga Piton, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Protectobia Piton, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoderopeltis Krauss, 18564SpeciesTaxom
Pseudolampra Tepper, 18931SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Europe
23 Species
Blatta (Blatta) orientalis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Periplaneta americana Linnaeus, 1758
Blatta livida (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Epilampra abdomennigrum De Geer, 1773
Blatta sundgaviensis B. Förster, 1891
Deropeltis longipennis Saussure, 1873
Deropeltis melanophila Walker, F., 1869
Eoplaneta desforesti L. Piton, 1937
Eurycotis mexicana Saussure, 1862
Euzosteria lata Mackerras, 1965
Neostylopyga rhombifolia Stoll, 1813Harlequin cockroach
Pelmatosilpha guianae Hebard, 1926
Pelmatosilpha larifuga Gurney, 1965Vagabond cockroach
Periplaneta americana Linnaeus, 1758American
Periplaneta australasiae Fabricius, 1775Australian Cockroach
Periplaneta fuliginosa Serville, 1839Smokeybrown cockroad
Periplaneta houlberti L. Piton, 1940
Platyzosteria melanaria Erichson, 1842
Prostylopyga gigantea L. Piton, 1940
Protectobia primordialis L. Piton, 1940
Pseudoderopeltis areolata Rehn, J. A. G., 1922
Pseudoderopeltis dimidiata Walker, F., 1868
Pseudoderopeltis megaloptera Rehn, J. A. G., 1922
Pseudoderopeltis orba Stal, 1856
Pseudolampra rothei (Tepper, 1893)⇒ Potyzosteria rothei Tepper, 1893

Subnodes of Blattidae with occurrences in West Europe
SubfamilyBlattinae
Stephens, 1835
5
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEurycotiinae
McKittrick, 1964
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPolyzosteriinae
Handlirsch in Schröder, 1925
3
3
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