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TAXSYNDISISLFRMPIC
Ectobiidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
is a synonym of Family Blattellidae Karny, 1908
This may be an outdated term
The Taxom listed here as synonyme is shown below

Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
652
12648
108742
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Blattodea
Latreille, 1810
Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Termites
129
1844
16974
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Blaberoidea
Saussure, 1864
5
619
6874
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyEctobiidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
Wood cockroaches
97
950
Genera
Species
Subnodes of Ectobiidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
SubfamilyAnaplectinae
Walker, 1868
2
150
Genera
Species
SubfamilyEctobiinae
Chopard, 1951
17
554
Genera
Species
SubfamilyEctooviinae
Sendi, 2022
2
2
Genera
Species
GenusAnaptycha
Scudder, 1901
  ⇒ Riatia
0Species
GenusAnaptycta
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1892
  ⇒ Riatia
1Species
GenusAphlebia
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
  ⇒ Phyllodromica
23Species
GenusAphlebidea
Brancsik, 1897
1Species
GenusAphlebidia
Brancsik, 1897
0Species
GenusApolyta
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
  ⇒ Ellipsidion
15Species
GenusAsemoblatta
Handlirsch, 1906
  ⇒ Asemoblattana
14Species
GenusAsymploce
Guo & Feng, 1985
2Species
GenusAtemeleta
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
0Species
GenusAttophila
Scudder, 1901
  ⇒ Attaphila
0Species
GenusAutumnoblatta
Bohn, 2019
0Species
GenusBlatella  ⇒ Blattella
1Species
GenusBlattantis
Bohn, 2019
0Species
GenusBredonia
Hanitsch, 1950
  ⇒ Alsteinia
1Species
GenusCassidodes
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
  ⇒ Prosoplecta
1Species
GenusDictyoblatta
Handlirsch, 1906
  ⇒ Dictyoblattella
2Species
GenusDiscleroblatta
Bohn, 2019
0Species
GenusDrabeha
Gurney, 1967
1Species
GenusEbnerella
Hanitsch, 1935
4Species
GenusEctobia
Westwood, 1839
  ⇒ Ectobius
Croton bug
18Species
GenusEctobiella
Adelung, 1917
  ⇒ Ectobius
0Species
GenusEctobiola
Uvarov, 1940
1Species
GenusEctodromica
Princis, 1948
0Species
GenusEllipsidium
Saussure, 1864
  ⇒ Ellipsidion
6Species
GenusEoblatta
Handlirsch, 1906
  ⇒ Balta
2Species
GenusEuryblattella
Chopard, 1929
1Species
GenusGalibia
Hebard, 1926
  ⇒ Cahita
1Species
GenusGraptoblatta
Hebard, 1929
  ⇒ Balta
2Species
GenusHanstroemidium
Princis, 1963
  ⇒ Miothyrsocera
3Species
GenusHebardula
Uvarov, 1939
1Species
GenusHeminyctobora
Saussure & Zehntner, 1893
0Species
GenusHololampra
Saussure, 1864
  ⇒ Phyllodromica
35Species
GenusHypnorma  ⇒ Hypnorna
3Species
GenusIchnoptera
Beutenmüller, 1894
  ⇒ Ischnoptera
0Species
GenusIsoplates
Haupt, 1956
1Species
GenusKuchinga
Hebard, 1929
  ⇒ Margattea
2Species
GenusLamprella
Bolivar, 1921
  ⇒ Phyllodromica
0Species
GenusLissoblatta
Hebard, 1920
  ⇒ Riatia
3Species
GenusLobolampra
Houlbert, 1927
  ⇒ Phyllodromica
24Species
GenusLuriblatta
Fernandes, 1965
  ⇒ Phyllodromica
2Species
GenusMacaroblatta
Bohn, 2019
0Species
GenusMallatoblatta
Kirby, 1904
  ⇒ Mallotoblatta
0Species
GenusMareta
Bolivar, 1895
  ⇒ Balta
24Species
GenusMargintorus
Bohn, 2013
  ⇒ Planuncus
0Species
GenusMargundatus
Bohn, 2013
  ⇒ Planuncus
0Species
GenusMombuttea
0Species
GenusMombuttia
Rehn, 1947
  ⇒ Supella
1Species
GenusMonoscleroblatta
Bohn, 2019
0Species
GenusMopsella
Hanitsch, 1936
1Species
GenusMopsera
Hebard, 1929
  ⇒ Pseudothyrsocera
1Species
GenusMopserina
Princis, 1950
0Species
GenusMyrmoblattina
Uvarov, 1940
  ⇒ Myrmeblattina
0Species
GenusNehevblattella
Vrsansky, 2004
1Species
GenusNemosupella
Rehn, 1947
4Species
GenusNyctobora
Saussure, 1864
  ⇒ Nyctibora
6Species
GenusOmatiblatta
Johns, 1966
1Species
GenusOnychostylus
Bolivar, 1897
  ⇒ Lupparia
16Species
GenusPachnepterix
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
0Species
GenusPalaeosymploce
Anisyutkin and Perkovsky, 2023
1Species
GenusParaceratinoptera
Saussure, 1868
  ⇒ Ceratinoptera
3Species
GenusParatropa
Vacher de Lapouge, 1929
  ⇒ Paratropes
6Species
GenusParatrope
Audinet-Serville, 1838
0Species
GenusPauciscleroblatta
Bohn, 2019
0Species
GenusPhilodontomacha
Uvarov, 1940
0Species
GenusPlumiger
Hebard, 1929
0Species
GenusPossoina
Strand, 1934
0Species
GenusPseudochorisoblatta
Bruijning, 1948
0Species
GenusPseudoectobia
0Species
GenusSculptoblatta
Bohn, 2019
0Species
GenusSigmoidella
Hebard, 1929
  ⇒ Sigmella
3Species
GenusStridoblatta
McKittrick, 1964
0Species
GenusSulcoblatta
Bohn, 2019
0Species
GenusTelmablatta
Haupt, 1956
1Species
GenusTemnopterix
1Species
GenusTheganosilpha
Kumar & Princis, 1978
2Species
GenusTuranoblatta
Bei-Bienko, 1950
1Species

Synonyms
Blattellidae (Karny, 1908)
Phyllodromiidae (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865)
Plectopterinae (McKittrick, 1964)
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Ectobiidae
GermanWaldschaben
EnglishWood cockroaches
DutchHoutkakkerlakken


Distribution and Species lists of Ectobiidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
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Afghanistan
4 Genera  7 Species
Albania
2 Genera  8 Species
Algeria
7 Genera  20 Species
Andorra
1 Genus  1 Species
Angola
3 Genera  6 Species
Australia
11 Genera  56 Species
Austria
2 Genera  12 Species
Azerbaijan
1 Genus  3 Species
Belarus
1 Genus  4 Species
Belgium
3 Genera  8 Species
Benin
2 Genera  4 Species
Bolivia
1 Genus  1 Species
Bosnia and Herzegovina
3 Genera  5 Species
Botswana
1 Genus  1 Species
Brazil
2 Genera  27 Species
Bulgaria
2 Genera  14 Species
Burkina Faso
1 Genus  2 Species
Burundi
1 Genus  2 Species
Cameroon
3 Genera  15 Species
Canada
2 Genera  5 Species
Cape Verde
1 Genus  1 Species
Central African Republic
1 Genus  2 Species
China
3 Genera  9 Species
Colombia
2 Genera  8 Species
Comoros
1 Genus  1 Species
Costa Rica
4 Genera  7 Species
Croatia
3 Genera  6 Species
Cyprus
1 Genus  0 Species
Czech Republic
2 Genera  16 Species
Democratic Republic of the Congo
3 Genera  22 Species
Denmark
2 Genera  4 Species
Ecuador
1 Genus  10 Species
Equatorial Guinea
2 Genera  8 Species
Estonia
1 Genus  2 Species
Ethiopia
3 Genera  6 Species
Finland
1 Genus  2 Species
France
7 Genera  30 Species
Gabon
2 Genera  2 Species
Gambia
1 Genus  1 Species
Georgia
2 Genera  2 Species
Germany
6 Genera  17 Species
Ghana
1 Genus  1 Species
Greece
4 Genera  13 Species
Guatemala
1 Genus  5 Species
Guinea
2 Genera  11 Species
Guinea-Bissau
1 Genus  1 Species
Guyana
1 Genus  4 Species
Hungary
2 Genera  17 Species
India
1 Genus  3 Species
Indonesia
1 Genus  14 Species
Iran
3 Genera  4 Species
Ireland
1 Genus  1 Species
Israel
5 Genera  7 Species
Italy
6 Genera  46 Species
Ivory Coast
3 Genera  4 Species
Jamaica
1 Genus  1 Species
Japan
1 Genus  1 Species
Kazakhstan
2 Genera  4 Species
Kenya
2 Genera  9 Species
Kyrgyzstan
4 Genera  11 Species
Latvia
1 Genus  1 Species
Lebanon
2 Genera  3 Species
Lesotho
1 Genus  1 Species
Libya
1 Genus  1 Species
Lithuania
1 Genus  2 Species
Luxembourg
2 Genera  6 Species
Madagascar
3 Genera  14 Species
Malawi
1 Genus  3 Species
Malaysia
1 Genus  5 Species
Mauritius
1 Genus  1 Species
Mexico
2 Genera  7 Species
Moldova
2 Genera  3 Species
Montenegro
3 Genera  2 Species
Morocco
8 Genera  36 Species
Mozambique
3 Genera  5 Species
Myanmar
1 Genus  3 Species
Namibia
1 Genus  1 Species
Netherlands
4 Genera  8 Species
New Zealand
3 Genera  4 Species
Nicaragua
1 Genus  2 Species
Nigeria
2 Genera  6 Species
Norway
1 Genus  1 Species
Palestine
3 Genera  5 Species
Panama
2 Genera  8 Species
Papua New Guinea
1 Genus  1 Species
Peru
1 Genus  6 Species
Philippines
1 Genus  3 Species
Poland
2 Genera  7 Species
Portugal
6 Genera  23 Species
Republic of the Congo
1 Genus  1 Species
Republic South Africa
7 Genera  19 Species
Romania
2 Genera  13 Species
Russia
2 Genera  7 Species
Rwanda
2 Genera  5 Species
Serbia
2 Genera  5 Species
Sierra Leone
1 Genus  1 Species
Slovakia
2 Genera  17 Species
Slovenia
2 Genera  3 Species
Solomon Islands
1 Genus  1 Species
Somalia
1 Genus  2 Species
South Korea
1 Genus  1 Species
Spain
7 Genera  84 Species
Sri Lanka
2 Genera  15 Species
Sudan
3 Genera  9 Species
Suriname
2 Genera  11 Species
Sweden
2 Genera  3 Species
Switzerland
4 Genera  18 Species
Syria
2 Genera  5 Species
Taiwan
4 Genera  8 Species
Tajikistan
4 Genera  8 Species
Tanzania
5 Genera  13 Species
Thailand
1 Genus  1 Species
Togo
1 Genus  5 Species
Tunisia
7 Genera  11 Species
Turkey
4 Genera  19 Species
Turkmenistan
2 Genera  5 Species
Uganda
2 Genera  6 Species
Ukraine
2 Genera  11 Species
United Kingdom
5 Genera  7 Species
USA
7 Genera  12 Species
Uzbekistan
2 Genera  3 Species
Venezuela
2 Genera  6 Species
Zambia
3 Genera  5 Species
Zimbabwe
5 Genera  9 Species


Distribution on islands


Found in fossile formations


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