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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.
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 ]
Termite queen with soldiers. Dictyoptera (from Greek δίκτυον diktyon "net" and πτερόν pteron "wing") is an insect superorder that includes two extant orders of polyneopterous insects: the order Blattodea (termites and cockroaches together) [1] and the order Mantodea (mantises).
C. punctulatus is an oviparous cockroach in the family Cryptocercidae that excavates galleries in rotten wood. [6] [7] The genus Cryptocercus is closely related to termites, believed that their life habits and gut symbiosis is ancestral. [8] Both males and females are wingless, brown to black coloration, and vary in size from 23-30mm in length. [6]
Termites comprise the infraorder Isoptera, or alternatively the epifamily Termitoidae, within the order Blattodea (along with cockroaches). Termites were once classified in a separate order from cockroaches, but recent phylogenetic studies indicate that they evolved from cockroaches, as they are deeply nested within the group, and the sister ...
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)
The similarities among these cockroaches and termites have led some scientists to reclassify termites as a single family, the Termitidae, within the order Blattodea. [ 15 ] [ 19 ] Other scientists have taken a more conservative approach, proposing to retain the termites as the Termitoidae , an epifamily within the order.
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. This family contains many of the smaller common household pest cockroaches, among others.