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Blattodea is an order of insects that contains cockroaches and termites. [3] Formerly, termites were considered a separate order, Isoptera , but genetic and molecular evidence suggests they evolved from within the cockroach lineage, cladistically making them cockroaches as well. [ 4 ]
Blattoidea is a superfamily of cockroaches and termites in the order Blattodea. There are about 17 families and more than 4,100 described species in Blattoidea. [1] [2] The 12 families of termites are sometimes considered members of the suborder Isoptera, but recent phylogenetic analysis places them within the cockroach superfamily Blattoidea.
Blattidae is a cockroach family in the order Blattodea [2] containing several of the most common household cockroaches. Notable species include: Blatta orientalis: Oriental cockroach, Common shining cockroach: (Drymaplaneta communis) Florida woods cockroach: (Eurycotis floridana)
Ectobiidae (formerly Blattellidae) [1] [2] is a family of the order Blattodea (cockroaches). This family contains many of the smaller common household pest cockroaches, among others. They are sometimes called wood cockroaches. [3] A few notable species include:
The Blattodea include some thirty species of cockroaches associated with humans; these species are atypical of the thousands of species in the order. [71] Of those thirty species, four are most commonly encountered as pests: the German cockroach ( Blattella germanica ), American cockroach ( Periplaneta americana ), oriental cockroach ( Blatta ...
Corydiidae, previously known as Polyphagidae, [2] is a family of the order Blattodea (cockroaches). Many are known as sand cockroaches. The family is divided into five subfamilies, comprising some 40 genera. [3] [4] One prominent species is the desert cockroach, Arenivaga investigata.
Corydioidea is a superfamily of insects in the order Blattodea containing the cockroaches and termites.It contains two extant families, Corydiidae and Nocticolidae, comprising about fifty genera and two hundred and fifty species, along with the extinct family Liberiblattinidae.
Lamproblattidae is a small family of South and Central American cockroaches in the order Blattodea. [1] It consists of three genera and 10 species: [1] Eurycanthablatta Fritzsche & Zompro, 2008; E. pugionata Fritzsche & Zompro, 2008: Brazil [2] [3] Lamproblatta Hebard, 1919; L. albipalpus Hebard, 1919: Panama; Colombia; Brazil (Amapá) [4]