Blaberidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Blaberoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Supercohort: Polyneoptera Cohort: Dictyoptera Ordo: Blattodea Superfamilia: Blaberoidea

Familia: Blaberidae
Subfamiliae (11): Blaberinae - Diplopterinae - Epilamprinae - Geoscapheinae - Gyninae - Oxyhaloinae - Panchlorinae - Panesthiinae - Perisphaeriinae - Pycnoscelinae - Zetoborinae

Overview of genera (165)

Achatiblatta – Achroblatta – Acroporoblatta – Aeluropoda – Africalolampra – Alloblatta – Alphelixia – Alvarengaia – Ancaudellia – Anchoblatta – Anisolampra – Antioquita – Apotrogia – Apsidopis – Aptera – Archimandrita – Aspiduchus – Ataxigamia – Ateloblatta – Audreia – Bantua – Bionoblatta – Blaberus – Blaptica – Blepharodera – Brachycola – Byrsotria – Cacoblatta – Caeparia – Calolampra – Calolamprodes – Capucina – Capucinella – Cariacasia – Colapteroblatta – Coleoblatta – Compsagis – Compsolampra – Cyrtonotula – Cyrtotria – Decoralampra – Derocalymma – Derocardia – Dicellonotus – Diplopoterina – Diploptera – Dolichosphaeria – Dryadoblatta – Elfridaia – Ellipsica – Elliptoblatta – Epilampra – Eublaberus – Eustegasta – Evea – Frumentiforma – Galiblatta – Geoscapheus – Glomerexis – Glyptopeltis – Griffiniella – Gromphadorhina – Gymnonyx – Gyna – Gynopeltis – Haanina – Hedaia – Hemiblabera – Heminauphoeta – Hemipanesthia – Henschoutedenia – Heteroblatta – Hiereoblatta – Homalopteryx – Hormetica – Hostilia – Hyporhicnoda – Isoniscus – Jagrehnia – Kemneria – Lanxoblatta – Laxta – Leucophaea – Litopeltis – Lucihormetica – Macropanesthia – Mesoblaberus – Microdina – Minablatta – Mioblatta – Miopanesthia – Miroblatta – Molytria – Monachoda – Monastria – Morphna – Mylacrina – Nauclidas – Nauphoeta – Neogeoscaphus – Neolaxta – Neorhicnoda – Notolampra – Opisthoplatia – Oxycercus – Oxyhaloa – Panchlora – Panesthia – Paradicta – Parahormetica – Parapanesthia – Paraplecta – Paraprincisaria – Parasphaeria – Pelloblatta – Perisphaeria – Perisphaerus – Petasodes – Phenacisma – Phlebonotus – Phoetalia – Phoraspis – Phortioeca – Phortioecoides – Pilema – Pinaconota – Placoblatta – Platysilpha – Poeciloblatta – Poeciloderrhis – Poroblatta – Princisaria – Progonogamia – Pronaonota – Pronauphoeta – Proscratea – Proscratea – Pseudocalolampra – Pseudoglomeris – Pseudogyna – Pseudophoraspis – Pseudoplatia – Pycnoscelus – Rhabdoblatta – Rhabdoblattella – Rhicnoda – Rhyparobia – Salganea – Schistopeltis – Schizopilia – Schultesia – Sibylloblatta – Stictolampra – Stictomorphna – Stilpnoblatta – Styphon – Thanatophyllum – Thliptoblatta – Thorax – Tribonium – Trichoblatta – Ylangella – Zetobora – Zetoborella – Zuluia

Check: Annamoblatta – Biolleya – Simandoa

Name

Blaberidae Saussure, 1864

References

Saussure, H. de 1864. Orthoptéres de l'Amerique Moyenne. Mémoire pour servir a l'histoire naturelle du Mexique, des Antilles, et des Etats Unites. IIIme et IVme livraisons: Orthopteres Blattides. Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève 18: 1–279. Reference page.
Lucañas, C.C. 2017. Some new brachypterous cockroaches (Blattodea: Blaberidae: Epilamprinae) from the Philippines. Zootaxa 4294(1): 130–136. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4294.1.9 Reference page.
Li, X-R., Wang, L-L. & Wang, Z-Q. 2018. Rediscovered and new perisphaerine cockroaches from SW China with a review of subfamilial diagnosis (Blattodea: Blaberidae). Zootaxa 4410(2): 251–290. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4410.2.2 Reference page.
Li, X-R. & Wang, Z-Q. 2016. Perisphaerinae Brunner von Wattenwyl and Hyposphaeria Lucas are valid names concealed by the unavailable names Perisphaeriinae and Perisphaeria Burmeister (Blattodea, Blaberidae). ZooKeys 574: 75–80. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.574.7063.Reference page.
Lopes, S.M.; De Oliveira, E.H.; Khouri, A. 2010: Reexamination of the five species of Blaberidae deposited in the Entomological Collection of the Museu Nacional/UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Zootaxa 2683: 66–68. Preview Reference page.
Vršanský, P. et al. 2013: Paleocene origin of the cockroach families Blaberidae and Corydiidae: Evidence from Amur River region of Russia. Zootaxa 3635(2): 117–126. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3635.2.2 Reference page.
Wang, Y-S., Chen, R., Jin, D-T., Che, Y-L. & Wang, Z-Q. 2021. New record of Cyrtonotula Uvarov, 1939 (Blaberidae, Epilamprinae) from China, with three new species based on morphological and COI data. Zookeys1021: 127–143. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1021.59526 Reference page.
Wang, Z-Z., Yang, R. & Wang, Z-Q. 2017. First record of Rhabdoblattella (Blaberidae, Epilamprinae) from China with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 4294(3): 381–388. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4294.3.8. Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Giant cockroaches
italiano: Blaberidi
русский: Блабериды
中文: 硕蠊科

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