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Taxonomy of Order Blattodea Latreille, 1810
Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Cockroachs, Termites


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
Subnodes of Blattodea Latreille, 1810
SuborderEoblattodea
Laurentiaux, 1959
1
2
2
Family
Genera
Species
SuborderEuisoptera
Engel, Grimaldi & Krishna, 2009
1
1
2
Family
Genus
Species
SuperfamilyBlaberoidea
Saussure, 1864
5
619
6874
Families
Genera
Species
SuperfamilyBlattoidea
Latreille, 1810
21
663
7613
Families
Genera
Species
SuperfamilyCaloblattinoidea
Vrsansky & Ansorge, 2000
0
1
2
Families
Genus
Species
SuperfamilyCorydioidea
Saussure, 1864
9
152
910
Families
Genera
Species
SuperfamilyMastotermitoidea
Desneux, 1904
1
1
2
Family
Genus
Species
SuperfamilyPhyloblattoidea
Schneider, 1983
1
24
43
Family
Genera
Species
SuperfamilyPolyphagoidea
Saussure, 1864
  ⇒ Corydioidea
0
0
0
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyAcadelytridae
Durden, 1972
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyAcmaeoblattidae
Durden, 1969
4
13
Genera
Species
FamilyAdeloblattidae
Durden, 1969
3
6
Genera
Species
FamilyAethiocarenidae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyAnacompsidae
Princis, 1960
  ⇒ Latindiinae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyAntemylacridae
Durden, 1972
7
9
Genera
Species
FamilyAnthracoblattinidae
Durden, 1969
8
58
Genera
Species
FamilyAraripeblattidae
Martins-Neto & al., 2010
1
8
Genus
Species
FamilyArceotermitidae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyArchimylacridae
Handlirsch, 1906
80
462
Genera
Species
FamilyArchimylacrididae
Handlirsch, 1906
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyArchoblattinidae
Schneider, 1983
  ⇒ Mylacridae
4
8
Genera
Species
FamilyArdimylacridae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyArgentinoblattidae
Martins-Neto & Gallego, 2005
7
48
Genera
Species
FamilyAsiopompidae
Sharov, 1961
1
0
Genus
Species
FamilyAttaphilidae
Bolivar, 1901
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyBlaberiens
Giant cockroach
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyBlatellidae  ⇒ Ectobiidae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyBlattelidae
Karny, 1908
German Cockroaches
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyCainoblattinidae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyCaloblattinidae
Vršanský & Ansorge in Vršanský, 2000
15
20
Genera
Species
FamilyChorisoneuridae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyCompsoblattidae
Schneider, 1978
  ⇒ Spiloblattinidae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyCompsoblattinidae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyCompsodidae
Beier, 1961
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyCorydiens
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyDelpuenteblattidae
Martins-Neto & Gallego, 2007
2
3
Genera
Species
FamilyDermelytridae
Kukalová, 1966
3
4
Genera
Species
FamilyDiaphanacridae
Durden, 1972
4
2
Genera
Species
FamilyDiechoblattinidae
Handlirsch, 1906
3
5
Genera
Species
FamilyEctobidae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyElytroneuridae
Carpenter, 1933
2
1
Genera
Species
FamilyEoblattidae
Handlirsch, 1906
4
4
Genera
Species
FamilyEpilampridae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyEpilamprinae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyFuziidae
Vršanský, Liang & Ren, 2009
5
7
Genera
Species
FamilyGerapompidae
Handlirsch, 1906
5
8
Genera
Species
FamilyGynopeltidae
Princis, 1960
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyGynopeltididae
Princis, 1963
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyHemimylacridae
Waterlot, 1934
17
33
Genera
Species
FamilyHeterogamidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
  ⇒ Corydiidae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyHolocompsidae
Handlirsch, 1925
1
0
Genus
Species
FamilyHomoeogamiidae
Handlirsch, 1925
  ⇒ Polyphaginae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyIdiomylacridae
Handlirsch, 1906
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyLatiblattidae
Vishniakova, 1968
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyLygobiidae
Mitchell, 1908
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyMancusoblattidae
Martins-Neto & Gallego, 2005
6
8
Genera
Species
FamilyMelinophlebiidae
Durden, 1969
2
4
Genera
Species
FamilyMesorthopteridae
Tillyard, 1922
11
30
Genera
Species
FamilyMetatermitidae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyMicropalentomidae
Schmidt, 1962
3
2
Genera
Species
FamilyMutoviidae
Vršanský & Aristov, 2012
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyMylacridae
Scudder, 1886
35
138
Genera
Species
FamilyMylacrididae
Scudder, 1886
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyNecymylacridae
Durden, 1969
10
26
Genera
Species
FamilyNeorthroblattinidae
Handlirsch, 1906
4
29
Genera
Species
FamilyNocticolinae
9
50
Genera
Species
FamilyOrthomylacridae
see Durden, 1969
19
85
Genera
Species
FamilyPalaeoblattidae
Cockerell, 1927
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyPaucineuridae
Hong, 1980
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyPerisphaeridae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyPermarrhaphidae
Martynov, 1930
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyPermofulgoridae
Tillyard, 1917
1
2
Genus
Species
FamilyPermophilidae
Tillyard, 1924
2
5
Genera
Species
FamilyPhyllodromiidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
  ⇒ Blattellidae
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyPliotermitidae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyPolypagiens
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyPonopterixidae
Nel & al., 2014
5
6
Genera
Species
FamilyPoroblattinidae
Handlirsch, 1906
12
60
Genera
Species
FamilyProteremidae
Handlirsch, 1906
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyProtocoleidae
Tillyard, 1924
3
7
Genera
Species
FamilyProtophasmidae
Scudder, 1885
  ⇒ Protophasmatidae
1
6
Genus
Species
FamilyPseudomylacridae
Handlirsch, 1906
2
2
Genera
Species
FamilyPseudophyllodromiae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyPycnoscelidae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyRaphidiomimidae
Vishniakova, 1973
19
67
Genera
Species
FamilySkokidae
Vrsansky, 2007
Jumping cockroach
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilySocialidae
Vrsansky, 2010
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilySpiloblattidae
Handlirsch, 1904
1
7
Genus
Species
FamilySpiloblattinidae
Handlirsch, 1906
23
208
Genera
Species
FamilyStenelytridae
Kukalová, 1966
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyStenoneuridae
Handlirsch, 1906
2
1
Genera
Species
FamilyStylotermitinae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilySubioblattidae
Schneider, 1983
  ⇒ Archimylacridae
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyTanytermitidae
1
0
Genus
Species
FamilyTeneopteridae
Richardson, 1956
  ⇒ Eucaenidae
2
1
Genera
Species
FamilyTermitina
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyThereidae
Princis, 1950
  ⇒ Polyphaginae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyTiviidae
Rehn, 1960
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyTriassoblattidae
Durden, 1969
2
35
Genera
Species
GenusCompsoblattula
Strand, 1929
0Species
GenusCoraloblatta
Cockerell, 1918
0Species
GenusCostatoviblatta
Storozhenko, 1992
4Species
GenusGuichenbachia
Guthörl, 1963
0Species
GenusHomolapteryx
0Species
GenusLiomopterites
Sharov, 1961
19Species
GenusMioblattina
Guthörl, 1963
0Species
GenusMulleroblatta
Guthörl, 1934
0Species
GenusMülleroblatta
Guthörl, 1934
0Species
GenusOryctoblattina
Scudder, 1879
  ⇒ Blattinopsis
9Species
GenusPerloblatta
Storozhenko, 1992
1Species
GenusPteridoblattina
Scudder, 1885
0Species
GenusSalis
1Species
GenusSaltoblatella
0Species
GenusSclerotermes
Jouault & Nam, 2022
0Species
GenusSinogramma
Hong, 1976
1Species
GenusWaipiatatermes
Engel & Kaulfuss, 2016
0Species

Synonyms
Blattariae (Latreille, 1810)
Dictyoptera (Latreille, 1829)
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Blattodea
GermanSchaben
EnglishCockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Cockroachs, Termites
DutchKakkerlakken
DanishKakerlakker
SwedishKackerlackor
ItalianBlatte, Scarafaggi, Scarafoni
FrenchBlattes et Termites, Blattoptères


Distribution and Species lists of Blattodea Latreille, 1810
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Afghanistan
9 Families  23 Genera  36 Species
Albania
5 Families  7 Genera  13 Species
Algeria
10 Families  23 Genera  42 Species
Andorra
3 Families  4 Genera  5 Species
Angola
11 Families  69 Genera  150 Species
Antigua and Barbuda
6 Families  10 Genera  13 Species
Argentina
22 Families  100 Genera  176 Species
Australia
28 Families  219 Genera  1484 Species
Austria
8 Families  11 Genera  22 Species
Azerbaijan
5 Families  6 Genera  9 Species
Bahamas
8 Families  23 Genera  44 Species
Bahrain
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Bangladesh
8 Families  32 Genera  63 Species
Barbados
5 Families  12 Genera  16 Species
Belarus
2 Families  2 Genera  5 Species
Belgium
9 Families  20 Genera  28 Species
Belize
7 Families  20 Genera  29 Species
Benin
7 Families  24 Genera  27 Species
Bhutan
7 Families  17 Genera  25 Species
Bolivia
8 Families  67 Genera  154 Species
Bosnia and Herzegovina
4 Families  6 Genera  9 Species
Botswana
10 Families  29 Genera  45 Species
Brazil
20 Families  234 Genera  1158 Species
Brunei
4 Families  12 Genera  11 Species
Bulgaria
3 Families  5 Genera  17 Species
Burkina Faso
7 Families  15 Genera  21 Species
Burundi
6 Families  16 Genera  23 Species
Cambodia
7 Families  25 Genera  39 Species
Cameroon
9 Families  113 Genera  309 Species
Canada
13 Families  28 Genera  36 Species
Cape Verde
8 Families  25 Genera  28 Species
Central African Republic
5 Families  27 Genera  39 Species
Chad
5 Families  13 Genera  19 Species
Chile
8 Families  32 Genera  44 Species
China
35 Families  191 Genera  1022 Species
Colombia
10 Families  113 Genera  237 Species
Comoros
6 Families  11 Genera  11 Species
Cook Islands
2 Families  3 Genera  3 Species
Costa Rica
10 Families  85 Genera  172 Species
Croatia
9 Families  14 Genera  24 Species
Cuba
8 Families  47 Genera  118 Species
Cyprus
7 Families  9 Genera  10 Species
Czech Republic
11 Families  25 Genera  61 Species
Democratic Republic of the Congo
11 Families  140 Genera  502 Species
Denmark
12 Families  26 Genera  41 Species
Djibouti
2 Families  5 Genera  11 Species
Dominica
7 Families  15 Genera  19 Species
Dominican Republic
10 Families  43 Genera  116 Species
East Timor
2 Families  3 Genera  3 Species
Ecuador
9 Families  71 Genera  164 Species
Egypt
10 Families  28 Genera  34 Species
El Salvador
3 Families  5 Genera  5 Species
Equatorial Guinea
9 Families  32 Genera  50 Species
Eritrea
8 Families  16 Genera  21 Species
Estonia
10 Families  14 Genera  22 Species
Ethiopia
13 Families  146 Genera  819 Species
Fiji
7 Families  14 Genera  17 Species
Finland
7 Families  12 Genera  14 Species
France
32 Families  118 Genera  225 Species
Gabon
7 Families  55 Genera  93 Species
Gambia
6 Families  30 Genera  38 Species
Georgia
8 Families  20 Genera  29 Species
Germany
30 Families  110 Genera  309 Species
Ghana
9 Families  60 Genera  123 Species
Greece
9 Families  20 Genera  43 Species
Grenada
8 Families  17 Genera  19 Species
Guatemala
10 Families  56 Genera  99 Species
Guinea
7 Families  81 Genera  179 Species
Guinea-Bissau
6 Families  16 Genera  32 Species
Guyana
9 Families  87 Genera  175 Species
Haiti
8 Families  28 Genera  49 Species
Honduras
7 Families  28 Genera  43 Species
Hungary
6 Families  9 Genera  24 Species
Iceland
5 Families  7 Genera  7 Species
India
16 Families  132 Genera  502 Species
Indonesia
14 Families  174 Genera  879 Species
Iran
9 Families  22 Genera  60 Species
Iraq
7 Families  15 Genera  21 Species
Ireland
7 Families  10 Genera  13 Species
Israel
12 Families  35 Genera  41 Species
Italy
9 Families  27 Genera  72 Species
Ivory Coast
11 Families  79 Genera  163 Species
Jamaica
9 Families  34 Genera  66 Species
Japan
16 Families  54 Genera  102 Species
Jordan
6 Families  7 Genera  7 Species
Kazakhstan
15 Families  30 Genera  38 Species
Kenya
14 Families  85 Genera  217 Species
Kiribati
2 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Kuwait
4 Families  5 Genera  6 Species
Kyrgyzstan
11 Families  24 Genera  47 Species
Laos
7 Families  13 Genera  16 Species
Latvia
8 Families  11 Genera  17 Species
Lebanon
9 Families  15 Genera  19 Species
Lesotho
7 Families  36 Genera  116 Species
Liberia
4 Families  24 Genera  38 Species
Libya
9 Families  16 Genera  17 Species
Lithuania
7 Families  10 Genera  17 Species
Luxembourg
5 Families  7 Genera  9 Species
Madagascar
11 Families  66 Genera  181 Species
Malawi
9 Families  49 Genera  108 Species
Malaysia
11 Families  130 Genera  495 Species
Maldives
4 Families  6 Genera  6 Species
Mali
3 Families  7 Genera  11 Species
Malta
1 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Marshall Islands
4 Families  7 Genera  7 Species
Mauritania
4 Families  6 Genera  6 Species
Mauritius
8 Families  17 Genera  27 Species
Mexico
14 Families  97 Genera  273 Species
Micronesia
7 Families  28 Genera  43 Species
Moldova
2 Families  3 Genera  4 Species
Mongolia
11 Families  33 Genera  50 Species
Montenegro
5 Families  8 Genera  7 Species
Morocco
12 Families  26 Genera  67 Species
Mozambique
9 Families  59 Genera  112 Species
Myanmar
14 Families  73 Genera  141 Species
Namibia
10 Families  49 Genera  90 Species
Nepal
7 Families  18 Genera  22 Species
Netherlands
9 Families  32 Genera  37 Species
New Zealand
11 Families  33 Genera  61 Species
Nicaragua
9 Families  46 Genera  66 Species
Niger
3 Families  4 Genera  4 Species
Nigeria
9 Families  87 Genera  174 Species
Niue
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Norway
7 Families  13 Genera  21 Species
Oman
4 Families  9 Genera  15 Species
Pakistan
7 Families  22 Genera  54 Species
Palau
7 Families  17 Genera  19 Species
Palestine
6 Families  15 Genera  23 Species
Panama
10 Families  100 Genera  210 Species
Papua New Guinea
10 Families  57 Genera  221 Species
Paraguay
8 Families  57 Genera  97 Species
Peru
11 Families  92 Genera  205 Species
Philippines
11 Families  73 Genera  200 Species
Poland
10 Families  22 Genera  39 Species
Portugal
11 Families  39 Genera  68 Species
Qatar
2 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Republic of the Congo
6 Families  22 Genera  26 Species
Republic South Africa
20 Families  118 Genera  434 Species
Romania
8 Families  10 Genera  23 Species
Russia
32 Families  114 Genera  281 Species
Rwanda
8 Families  32 Genera  53 Species
Saint Kitts and Nevis
5 Families  6 Genera  7 Species
Saint Lucia
4 Families  10 Genera  13 Species
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
6 Families  16 Genera  20 Species
Samoa
7 Families  13 Genera  20 Species
São Tomé and Príncipe
7 Families  17 Genera  22 Species
Saudi Arabia
9 Families  22 Genera  45 Species
Senegal
8 Families  40 Genera  77 Species
Serbia
4 Families  5 Genera  8 Species
Seychelles
9 Families  29 Genera  46 Species
Sierra Leone
9 Families  38 Genera  68 Species
Singapore
8 Families  59 Genera  104 Species
Slovakia
8 Families  11 Genera  37 Species
Slovenia
4 Families  6 Genera  7 Species
Solomon Islands
8 Families  33 Genera  58 Species
Somalia
8 Families  21 Genera  47 Species
Somaliland
2 Families  5 Genera  11 Species
South Korea
12 Families  18 Genera  24 Species
South Sudan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Spain
15 Families  40 Genera  143 Species
Sri Lanka
11 Families  74 Genera  160 Species
Sudan
10 Families  46 Genera  80 Species
Suriname
9 Families  70 Genera  161 Species
Sweden
13 Families  47 Genera  70 Species
Switzerland
12 Families  33 Genera  54 Species
Syria
6 Families  9 Genera  15 Species
Taiwan
12 Families  89 Genera  296 Species
Tajikistan
9 Families  17 Genera  30 Species
Tanzania
13 Families  107 Genera  277 Species
Thailand
11 Families  77 Genera  186 Species
Togo
7 Families  48 Genera  81 Species
Tonga
4 Families  6 Genera  7 Species
Trinidad and Tobago
8 Families  62 Genera  104 Species
Tunisia
8 Families  23 Genera  31 Species
Turkey
12 Families  21 Genera  39 Species
Turkmenistan
6 Families  10 Genera  19 Species
Tuvalu
3 Families  3 Genera  3 Species
Uganda
10 Families  60 Genera  129 Species
Ukraine
8 Families  11 Genera  20 Species
United Arab Emirates
5 Families  10 Genera  13 Species
United Kingdom
26 Families  75 Genera  158 Species
Uruguay
7 Families  19 Genera  26 Species
USA
43 Families  215 Genera  618 Species
Uzbekistan
4 Families  7 Genera  13 Species
Vanuatu
5 Families  11 Genera  15 Species
Venezuela
10 Families  75 Genera  162 Species
Vietnam
13 Families  74 Genera  188 Species
Yemen
8 Families  21 Genera  34 Species
Zambia
10 Families  61 Genera  117 Species
Zimbabwe
12 Families  71 Genera  153 Species


Distribution on islands


Found in fossile formations


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