Blattidae is a cockroach family in the order Blattodea 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)
  • Periplaneta spp: American cockroach, Turkestan cockroach
  • Botany Bay cockroach: (Polyzosteria limbata)
  • Australian cockroach
  • Brown cockroach
  • Smokybrown cockroach

Subfamilies and genera

Archiblattinae

Auth. Kirby, 1904; distribution: SE Asia

  • Archiblatta Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1862
  • Bundoksia <small>Lucañas, 2021</small>
  • Catara Walker, 1868
  • Protagonista Latreille, 1810

Blattinae

Auth. Latreille, 1810; distribution: Worldwide; synonym Duchailluiinae Roth, 2003

thumb|Methana parva

  • Afrostylopyga <small>Anisyutkin, 2014</small>
  • Apterisca <small>Princis, 1963</small>
  • Blatta <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>
  • Brinckella <small>Princis, 1963</small>
  • Cartoblatta <small>Shelford, 1910</small>
  • Deropeltis <small>Burmeister, 1838</small>
  • Distylopyga
  • Dorylaea <small>Stål, 1877</small>
  • Duchailluia <small>Rehn, 1933</small>
  • Eroblatta <small>Shelford, 1910</small>
  • Eumethana <small>Princis, 1951</small>
  • Hebardina <small>Bei-Bienko, 1938</small>
  • Henicotyle <small>Rehn & Hebard, 1927</small>
  • Homalosilpha <small>Stål, 1874</small>
  • Macrostylopyga <small>Anisyutkin, Anichkin & Thinh, 2013</small>
  • Maoriblatta <small>Princis, 1966</small>
  • Mimosilpha <small>Bei-Bienko, 1957</small>
  • Miostylopyga <small>Princis, 1966</small>
  • Neostylopyga <small>Shelford, 1911</small>
  • Pelmatosilpha <small>Dohrn, 1887</small>
  • Periplaneta <small>Burmeister, 1838</small> (synonym Shelfordella )
  • Pseudoderopeltis <small>Krauss, 1890</small>
  • Scabinopsis <small>Bei-Bienko, 1969</small>
  • Thyrsocera <small>Burmeister, 1838</small>
  • †Bubosa Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

Macrocercinae

Auth. Roth, 1993; distribution: Australasia

  • Macrocerca <small>Hanitsch, 1930</small>

Polyzosteriinae

Auth. Tepper, 1893; distribution: central & South America, Pacific islands, Australasia

  • Anamesia <small>Tepper, 1893</small>
  • Celatoblatta <small>Johns, 1966</small>
  • Cosmozosteria <small>Stål, 1874</small>
  • Desmozosteria <small>Shelford, 1909</small>
  • Drymaplaneta <small>Tepper, 1893</small>
  • Eppertia <small>Shaw, 1925</small>
  • Eurycotis <small>Stål, 1874</small>
  • Euzosteria <small>Shelford, 1909</small>
  • Laevifaciesquadrialata
  • Leptozosteria <small>Tepper, 1893</small>
  • Megazosteria <small>Mackerras, 1966</small>
  • Melanozosteria <small>Stål, 1874</small>
  • Methana <small>Stål, 1877</small>
  • Platyzosteria <small>Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865</small>
  • Polyzosteria <small>Burmeister, 1838</small>
  • Pseudolampra <small>Tepper, 1893</small>
  • Scabina <small>Shelford, 1909</small>
  • Temnelytra <small>Tepper, 1893</small>
  • Zonioploca <small>Stål, 1874</small>

References

  • Gallery of cockroaches