Ectobiidae (formerly Blattellidae) is a family of the order

Blattodea Blattodea is an order of insects that contains cockroaches and termites. Formerly, termites were considered a separate order, Isoptera, but genetic and molecular evidence suggests they evolved from within the cockroach lineage, cladistically ...

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cockroach Cockroaches (or roaches) are a paraphyletic group of insects belonging to Blattodea, containing all members of the group except termites. About 30 cockroach species out of 4,600 are associated with human habitats. Some species are well-known as ...

es). This family contains many of the smaller common household pest cockroaches, among others. They are sometimes called wood cockroaches. A few notable species include: *

Asian cockroach The Asian cockroach (''Blattella asahinai''), is a species of cockroach that was first described in 1981 from insects collected on Okinawa Island, Japan. It is a small species of cockroach, typically long and tan to dark brown in colour with ...

''Blattella asahinai'' * German cockroach ''

Blattella germanica The German cockroach (''Blattella germanica''), colloquially known as the croton bug, is a species of small cockroach, typically about long. In color it varies from tan to almost black, and it has two dark, roughly parallel, streaks on the prono ...

'' * Small yellow cockroach ''Cariblatta lutea'' * Brown-banded cockroach ''Supella longipalpa'' * European native cockroaches - genera including ''

Ectobius ''Ectobius'' is a genus of non-cosmopolitan cockroaches once thought native to the Old World and described by Stephens in 1835, belonging to the family Ectobiidae, subfamily Ectobiinae. The discovery of 4 ectobius cockroaches in Colorado datin ...

, Capraiellus, Phyllodromica'' and ''

Planuncus ''Planuncus'' is a genus of cockroaches native to Old World (especially Europe) described by Bohn in 2013 and belonging to the family Ectobiidae, subfamily Ectobiinae. The genus was only recently erected in an ongoing effort to create better gro ...

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Parcoblatta ''Parcoblatta'' is a genus of 12 species of native North American wood cockroach Cockroaches (or roaches) are a Paraphyly, paraphyletic group of insects belonging to Blattodea, containing all members of the group except termites. About 30 co ...

'' spp. including the: ** Fulvous wood cockroach ''P. fulvescens'' ** Pennsylvania wood cockroach ''

Parcoblatta pennsylvanica The Pennsylvania wood cockroach (''Parcoblatta pensylvanica'') or Pennsylvanian cockroach is a common species of cockroach in eastern and central North America. Description Males are dark brown; the sides of the thorax and the front half of t ...

'' ** Virginia wood cockroach ''

Parcoblatta virginica ''Parcoblatta virginica'', the Virginia wood cockroach, is a small cockroach species of the genus '' Parcoblatta'', measuring about a centimeter long as an adult. Description Adult males of this species like adult males of several other species ...

Subfamilies and selected Genera

The ''Cockroach Species File''''Cockroach Species File'' (retrieved 20 July 2020)
/ref> includes five subfamilies. The Anaplectinae, previously placed here, have now been elevated to family level.
''NB'': subfamilies marked § are complete list as of 2020:

Blattellinae

Auth.: Karny, 1908 – worldwide * '' Attaphila'' Wheeler, 1900 (

Neotropical The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In bioge ...

) * '' Blattella'' Caudell, 1903 * '' Ischnoptera'' Burmeister, 1838 * '' Lobopterella'' Princis, 1957 * ''

'' Shellford, 1911 * ''

Pseudomops ''Pseudomops'' is a genus of cockroach in the family Ectobiidae Ectobiidae (formerly Blattellidae) is a family of the order Blattodea (cockroaches). This family contains many of the smaller common household pest cockroaches, among others. They ...

'' Serville, 1831 * '' Saltoblattella'' Bohn, Picker, Klass & Colville, 2009 * '' Symploce'' Hebard, 1916 * '' Temnopteryx'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865

Ectobiinae Ectobiidae (formerly Blattellidae) is a family of the order Blattodea (cockroaches). This family contains many of the smaller common household pest cockroaches, among others. They are sometimes called wood cockroaches. A few notable species inclu ...

§ Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 – Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia * ''

Arbiblatta ''Arbiblatta'' is a genus of cockroaches within the family Ectobiidae Ectobiidae (formerly Blattellidae) is a family of the order Blattodea (cockroaches). This family contains many of the smaller common household pest cockroaches, among others. ...

'' Chopard, 1936 * '' Capraiellus'' Harz, 1976 * '' Choristima'' Tepper, 1895 * ''

'' Stephens, 1835 * '' Ectoneura'' Shelford, 1907 * '' Eutheganopteryx'' Shelford, 1912 * '' Luridiblatta'' Fernandes, 1965 * '' Phyllodromica'' Fieber, 1853 * ''

'' Bohn, 2013 * '' Pseudectoneura'' Princis, 1974 * '' Stenectoneura'' Hebard, 1943 * '' Theganopteryx'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865

Nyctiborinae Ectobiidae (formerly Blattellidae) is a family of the order Blattodea (cockroaches). This family contains many of the smaller common household pest cockroaches, among others. They are sometimes called wood cockroaches. A few notable species inclu ...

§ – south America * '' Eunyctibora'' Shelford, 1908 * '' Eushelfordia'' Hebard, 1925 * '' Eushelfordiella'' Lopes & Oliveira, 2007 * ''

Megaloblatta ''Megaloblatta'' is a genus of cockroaches in the family Ectobiidae. It includes the largest living species of cockroach, '' Megaloblatta longipennis'', which can grow to in length and have a wingspan of up to . ''Megaloblatta'', like many othe ...

'' Dohrn, 1887 * '' Muzoa'' Hebard, 1921 * '' Nyctantonina'' Vélez, 2013 * '' Nyctibora'' Burmeister, 1838 * '' Paramuzoa'' Roth, 1973 * ''

Paratropes ''Paratropes'' is a genus of Cockroach, cockroaches within the family Ectobiidae. There are currently 14 species assigned to the genus. Members of this genus are distributed across North America, North and South America in countries such as Mexico ...

'' Serville, 1838 * '' Pseudischnoptera'' Saussure, 1869

Pseudophyllodromiinae

Worldwide distribution * '' Pseudophyllodromia'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 * ''

Supella '' Supella''Shelford (1911) ''Ent. mon. Mag.'' 2 22: 155 is a genus of cosmopolitan and wild cockroaches, in the family Ectobiidae Ectobiidae (formerly Blattellidae) is a family of the order Blattodea (cockroaches). This family contains many o ...

'' Shelford, 1911

Genera ''
incertae sedis ' () or ''problematica'' is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertainty ...
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* '' Africablatta'' Rehn, 1933: ''A. patricia'' (Gerstaecker, 1883) * '' Akaniblatta'' Princis, 1969 * '' Alsteinia'' Hanitsch, 1950 * '' Anareolaria'' Shelford, 1909 * '' Aneurinita'' Hebard, 1935 * '' Anisopygia'' Saussure, 1893 * '' Antitheton'' Hebard, 1919 * '' Aphlebiella'' Princis, 1965 * '' Aruistra'' Princis, 1965 * '' Astyloblatta'' Bey-Bienko, 1954 * '' Atticola'' Bolívar, 1905 * '' Blattellina'' Princis, 1951 * '' Lanta'' Hebard, 1921 * many others

References

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