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Blattellidae  Karny, 1921
Taxonomic Serial No.: 102413

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Attaphilinae
 
  Common Name(s): wood cockroaches [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 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 Latreille, 1810 – cockroaches, termites  
                                  SuperfamilyBlaberoidea Saussure, 1864  
                                     FamilyBlattellidae Karny, 1921 – wood cockroaches  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Genus Austroectobius Vero and Schapheer, 2018  
                                        Genus Eldaina Estrada-Álvarez, 2022  
                                        Genus Pseudoanaplectinia Roth, 1995  
                                        Genus Pseudothyrsocera Shelford, 1906  
                                        Genus Xosaia Princis, 1963  
                                        Tribe Symplocini Rehn, 1951  
                                        Subfamily Blattellinae Karny, 1921  
                                        Subfamily Pseudomopinae Rehn, 1951  
       
                                      FamilyBlattellidae Karny, 1921 incertae sedis  
    Children with Uncertain Position:  
                                        Genus Akaniblatta Princis, 1969  
                                        Genus Alsteinia Hanitsch, 1950  
                                        Genus Aneurinita Hebard, 1935  
                                        Genus Aphlebiella Princis, 1965  
                                        Genus Aruistra Princis, 1965  
                                        Genus Aseucina Rocha e Silva and Gurney, 1963  
                                        Genus Astylella Princis, 1963  
                                        Genus Astyloblatta Bey-Bienko, 1954  
                                        Genus Attaphila Wheeler, 1900  
                                        Genus Atticola Bolívar, 1905  
                                        Genus Blattellina Princis, 1951  
                                        Genus Caboverdea Princis, 1959  
                                        Genus Caligoptera Sendi, 2022  
                                        Genus Caloblatta Saussure, 1893  
                                        Genus Centrocolumna Jin and Che in Jin et al., 2022  
                                        Genus Ceuthobia Hebard, 1921  
                                        Genus Ceuthobiella Hebard, 1921  
                                        Genus Dictyoblattella Uvarov, 1940  
                                        Genus Discalida Woo, Guo and Li, 1985  
                                        Genus Distichopis Bolívar, 1924  
                                        Genus Dyakina Hebard, 1929  
                                        Genus Dyakinodes Princis, 1946  
                                        Genus Eowilsonia Roth, 1991  
                                        Genus Escala Shelford, 1906  
                                        Genus Eublattella Princis, 1950  
                                        Genus Eudromiella Hebard, 1920  
                                        Genus Eulissosoma Hebard, 1926  
                                        Genus Euloboptera Princis, 1955  
                                        Genus Hanitschella Princis, 1951  
                                        Genus Hanitschia Bruijning, 1947  
                                        Genus Hemipterisca Bey-Bienko, 1950  
                                        Genus Hololeptoblatta Bolívar, 1924  
                                        Genus Hoplophoropyga Chopard, 1921  
                                        Genus Hypnorna Stĺl, 1860  
                                        Genus Ignabolivaria Chopard, 1929  
                                        Genus Jacobsonina Hebard, 1929  
                                        Genus Lanta Hebard, 1921  
                                        Genus Liosilpha Stĺl, 1874  
                                        Genus Litoblatta Hebard, 1921  
                                        Genus Lophometopum Hebard, 1920  
                                        Genus Mallotoblatta Saussure and Zehntner, 1895  
                                        Genus Maretina Hebard, 1933  
                                        Genus Maretiola Bey-Bienko, 1968  
                                        Genus Mayottella Roth in Roth and Rivault, 2002  
                                        Genus Microblatta Hebard, 1933  
                                        Genus Miriamrothschildia Roth, 1989  
                                        Genus Myrmeblattina Chopard, 1926  
                                        Genus Nelipophygus Rehn and Hebard, 1927  
                                        Genus Neoleptoblatta Princis, 1963  
                                        Genus Neoloboptera Princis, 1953  
                                        Genus Neolobopteromorpha Bonfils, 1969  
                                        Genus Nimbablatta Princis, 1963  
                                        Genus Nondewittea Roth, 1989  
                                        Genus Operculea Bolívar, 1924  
                                        Genus Ornatiblatta Johns, 1966  
                                        Genus Paraloboptera Saussure, 1870  
                                        Genus Parascalida Hanitsch, 1936  
                                        Genus Parasigmoidella Hanitsch, 1931  
                                        Genus Parectoneura Roth, 1990  
                                        Genus Parellipsidion Johns, 1966  
                                        Genus Pholeosilpha Chopard, 1958  
                                        Genus Phorticolea Bolívar, 1905  
                                        Genus Phymatosilpha Princis, 1962  
                                        Genus Piroblatta Shelford, 1907  
                                        Genus Pseudoceratinoptera Hanitsch, 1937  
                                        Genus Pseudosigmella Princis, 1948  
                                        Genus Robshelfordia Princis, 1954  
                                        Genus Rudebeckia Princis, 1963  
                                        Genus Scalida Hebard, 1929  
                                        Genus Sigmella Hebard, 1940  
                                        Genus Sinablatta Princis, 1950  
                                        Genus Stayella Roth, 1984  
                                        Genus Tairella Hebard, 1926  
                                        Genus Tartaroblatta Bey-Bienko, 1936  
                                        Genus Temnopteryx Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865  
                                        Genus Theganopteryx Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865  
                                        Genus Ticus Estrada-Álvarez and Sormani, 2021  
                                        Genus Xosablatta Rehn, 1931  
                                        Tribe Hemithysocerini Evangelista in Evangelista et al., 2020  
                                        Tribe Parcoblattini Rehn, 1951  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
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  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Cockroach Species File, Database (version Undefined)  
  Acquired: 2024   
  Notes: https://cockroach.speciesfile.org   
  Reference for: Blattellidae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Blattellidae, wood 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   
  Publisher:    
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0030-5316   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Blattellidae   
       

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