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Checklist for Superfamily Blattoidea Latreille, 1810
and region Iran (Near East)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
400
4755
15379
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
397
4748
15372
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
382
4712
15315
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
39
229
583
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Blattodea
Latreille, 1810
Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Termites
9
22
60
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Blattoidea
Latreille, 1810
5
10
41
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Iran
5 Families width 41 Species and 1 Subspecies
Termitidae Latreille, 1802Higher termites23SpeciesTaxom
Hodotermitidae Desneux, 1904Harvester termites8SpeciesTaxom
Blattidae (Stephens, 1829)American cockroaches2SpeciesTaxom
Rhinotermitidae Froggatt, 1897Subterranean termites5SpeciesTaxom
Kalotermitidae Froggatt, 1897Dampwood termites3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Iran
10 Genera with 41 Species
Amitermes Silvestri, 200510SpeciesTaxom
Anacanthotermes Jacobson, 18588SpeciesTaxom
Blatta Linnaeus, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Heterotermes Froggatt, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Microcerotermes Silvestri, 199911SpeciesTaxom
Microtermes Wasmann, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Postelectrotermes Krishna, 19993SpeciesTaxom
Psammotermes Desneux, 19602SpeciesTaxom
Reticulitermes Holmgren, 17922SpeciesTaxom
Shelfordella Adelung, 18681SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Iran
41 Species and 1 Subspecies
Amitermes baluchistanicus Akhtar, 1974
Amitermes belli Desneux, 1906
Amitermes corpulentus Al-Alawy, Ab..., 1990
Amitermes iranicus Ghayourfar, 1999
Amitermes kharrazii Ghayourfar, 1999
Amitermes messinae Fuller, 1922
Amitermes paravilis Ravan & Akhtar, 1999
Amitermes stephensoni Harris, 1957
Amitermes vilis Hagen, 1858
Amitermes yasujensis Ghayourfar, 2005
Anacanthotermes ahngerianus Jacobson, 1905Large Transcaspian termite
Anacanthotermes esmailii Ghayourfar, 1998
Anacanthotermes gurganiensis Ravan & Akhtar, 1999
Anacanthotermes iranicus Ravan & Akhtar, 1993
Anacanthotermes macrocephalus Desneux, 1906
Anacanthotermes septentrionalis Jacobson, 1905
Anacanthotermes turkestanicus Jacobson, 1905Turkestan termite
Anacanthotermes vagans Hagen, 1858
Blatta lateralis (Walker, 1868)⇒ Hemithyrsocera histrio Burmeister, 1838
Heterotermes indicola Wasmann, 1902
Microcerotermes buettikeri Chhotani & Bose, 1979
Microcerotermes chaudhryi Akhtar, 1974
Microcerotermes chhotanii Ghayourfar, 1998
Microcerotermes dashlibronensis Ghayourfar, 2005
Microcerotermes diversus Silvestri, 1920
Microcerotermes gabrielis Weidner, 1955
Microcerotermes pakistanicus Akhtar, 1974
Microcerotermes saravanensis Ghayourfar, 2005
Microcerotermes shahroudiensis Ghayourfar, 2005
Microcerotermes sistaniensis Ghayourfar &..., 2005
Microcerotermes varaminicus Ghayourfar, 1999
Microtermes mycophagus Desneux, 1906
Microtermes obesi Holmgren, 1912
Postelectrotermes bidentatus Ravan & Akhtar, 1999
Postelectrotermes pasniensis Akhtar, 1974
Postelectrotermes zabuliensis Ravan & Akhtar, 1999
Psammotermes prohybostoma Ravan & Akhtar, 1999
Psammotermes rajasthanicus Roonwal & Bose, 1960
Reticulitermes clypeatus Lash, 1952
Reticulitermes lucifugus lucifugus Rossi, 1792
Shelfordella lateralis (Walker, 1868)⇒ Dolichovespula arenaria Fabricius, 1775

Subnodes of Blattoidea with occurrences in Iran
FamilyBlattidae
Stephens, 1829
American cockroaches, Household cockroaches, Oriental cockroaches
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHodotermitidae
Desneux, 1904
Harvester termites
1
8
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyKalotermitidae
Froggatt, 1897
Dampwood termites, Drywood termites
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyRhinotermitidae
Froggatt, 1897
Subterranean termites
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTermitidae
Latreille, 1802
Higher termites, termite
3
23
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Blattoidea at gbif.org
Blattoidea at itis.gov