AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Order Blattodea Latreille, 1810 (Cockroach)
and region Torres Strait (West Pacific Ocean)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
79
266
395
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
79
266
395
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
73
238
352
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
7
14
24
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Blattodea
Latreille, 1810
Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Termites
5
12
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Torres Strait
5 Families width 22 Species
Pseudophyllodromiidae Hebard, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Rhinotermitidae Froggatt, 1897Subterranean termites5SpeciesTaxom
Kalotermitidae Froggatt, 1897Dampwood termites5SpeciesTaxom
Termitidae Latreille, 1802Higher termites10SpeciesTaxom
Blattidae Stephens, 1829American cockroaches1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Torres Strait
12 Genera with 22 Species
Balta Tepper, 19431SpeciesTaxom
Coptotermes Wasmann, 1898Subterranean Termite1SpeciesTaxom
Cryptotermes Banks, 1925drywood termite4SpeciesTaxom
Ephelotermes Miller, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Heterotermes Froggatt, 19272SpeciesTaxom
Macrocerca Hanitsch, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Microcerotermes Silvestri, 19273SpeciesTaxom
Nasutitermes Dudley, 18985SpeciesTaxom
Neotermes Holmgren, 1853Damp-wood Termites1SpeciesTaxom
Prorhinotermes Silvestri, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Schedorhinotermes Silvestri, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Tumulitermes Holmgren, 19421SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Torres Strait
22 Species
Balta torresiana Hebard, 1943
Coptotermes acinaciformis Froggatt, 1898Subterranean Termite
Cryptotermes domesticus Haviland, 1898
Cryptotermes dudleyi Banks, 1918
Cryptotermes primus Hill, 1921Native dry-wood termite
Cryptotermes secundus Hill, 1925Basal drywood termite
Ephelotermes cheeli Mjöberg, 1920
Heterotermes paradoxus Froggatt, 1898
Heterotermes vagus Hill, 1927
Macrocerca shelfordi Princis, 1965
Microcerotermes biroi Desneux, 1905
Microcerotermes nanus Hill, 1915
Microcerotermes taylori Hill, 1927
Nasutitermes graveolus Hill, 1925Niggerhead termite
Nasutitermes magnus Froggatt, 1898
Nasutitermes princeps Desneux, 1905
Nasutitermes torresi Hill, 1942
Nasutitermes triodiae Froggatt, 1898Spinifex Termite
Neotermes insularis Walker, 1853Ringant Termite
Prorhinotermes inopinatus Silvestri, 1909
Schedorhinotermes actuosus Hill, 1933
Tumulitermes marcidus Hill, 1942

Subnodes of Blattodea with occurrences in Torres Strait
SuperfamilyBlaberoidea
Saussure, 1864
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyBlattoidea
Latreille, 1810
4
11
21
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