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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.
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).
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 ]
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]
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)
Nocticolidae is a small family in the order Blattodea (cockroaches). It consists of only 32 known species in 9 genera. They are found in Africa, Asia and Australia.Most live in cave habitats, although a few are associated with termites.
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]