Species list, Checklist of Order Blattodea (Cockroach) for Ascension (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Order Blattodea Latreille, 1810 (Cockroach)
and region Ascension (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	118 288 421	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	118 288 421	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	115 284 416	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Polyneoptera Martynov, 1923	10 15 18	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Blattodea Latreille, 1810 Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Termites	4 7 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Ascension
4 Families width 6 Species

Kalotermitidae Froggatt, 1897	Dampwood termites	1	Species	Taxom
Blaberidae Saussure, 1864	Blaberids	3	Species	Taxom
Rhinotermitidae Froggatt, 1897	Subterranean termites	1	Species	Taxom
Blattidae Stephens, 1829	American cockroaches	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Ascension
7 Genera with 6 Species

Cryptotermes Banks, 1853	drywood termite	1	Species	Taxom
Diploptera de Saussure, 1822		1	Species	Taxom
Heterotermes Froggatt, 1936		1	Species	Taxom
Leucophaea Brunner von ..., 1781		1	Species	Taxom
Oxyhaloa Brunner von ..., 1865		0	Species	Taxom
Periplaneta Burmeister, 1775	Cockroaches	1	Species	Taxom
Rhyparobia Krauss, 1781		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Ascension
6 Species

Cryptotermes brevis Walker, 1853	Drywood Termite
Diploptera punctata Eschscholtz, 1822	Cypress cockroach
Heterotermes perfidus Silvestri, 1936
Leucophaea maderae (Fabricius, 1781)	⇒ Rhyparobia maderae Fabricius, 1781
Periplaneta australasiae Fabricius, 1775	Australian Cockroach
Rhyparobia maderae Fabricius, 1781	Drummer

Subnodes of Blattodea with occurrences in Ascension

Superfamily	Blaberoidea Saussure, 1864	1 4 3	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Blattoidea Latreille, 1810	3 3 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Blattodea at artfakta.se
Blattodea at dyntaxa.se
Blattodea at gbif.org
Blattodea at irmng.org
Blattodea at itis.gov