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Polyphagidae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 102409

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): sand cockroaches [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderPolyneoptera   
                               OrderBlattodea  – cockroaches, termites  
                                  SuperfamilyCorydioidea   
                                     FamilyPolyphagidae  – sand cockroaches  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Subfamily Euthyrrhaphinae   
                                        Subfamily Holocompsinae   
                                        Subfamily Polyphaginae   
       
                                      FamilyPolyphagidae  incertae sedis  
    Children with Uncertain Position:  
                                        Genus Myrmecoblatta Mann, 1914  
                                        Genus Zetha Shelford, 1913  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Polyphagidae, sand cockroaches [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Roth, Louis M.  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title: Systematics and phylogeny of cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattaria)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Oriental Insects, vol. 37   
  Page(s): 1-186   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0030-5316   
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  Reference for: Polyphagidae   
       

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