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 mak ...

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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'' * 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 dating t ...

Capraiellus ''Capraiellus'' is a genus of non-cosmopolitan 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 ...

, 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 grou ...

'' * '' Parcoblatta'' spp. including the: ** Fulvous wood cockroach ''P. fulvescens'' ** Pennsylvania wood cockroach '' Parcoblatta pennsylvanica'' ** Virginia wood cockroach '' Parcoblatta virginica''

Subfamilies and selected Genera

The ''Cockroach Species File''''Cockroach Species File'' (retrieved 20 July 2020)
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Anaplectinae Anaplectidae is a family of cockroaches in the order Blattodea. Previously placed as a subfamily of the Ectobiidae there are presently (2020) two genera and more than 90 described species in Anaplectidae. Genera These two genera belong to the ...

, previously placed here, have now been elevated to family level.
''NB'': subfamilies marked § are complete list as of 2020:

Blattellinae Blattellinae is a subfamily of the wood cockroach family, Ectobiidae (formerly "Blattellidae"). It includes the global household pest '' Blattella germanica'', the German cockroach, and a number of endangered species. It contains about 70 genera ...

Auth.: Karny, 1908 – worldwide * '' Attaphila'' Wheeler, 1900 ( Neotropical) * '' Blattella'' Caudell, 1903 * ''

Ischnoptera ''Ischnoptera'' 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. The ...

'' Burmeister, 1838 * '' Lobopterella'' Princis, 1957 * '' Parcoblatta'' 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 * ''

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'' 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 * ''

'' 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

§ – south America * '' Eunyctibora'' Shelford, 1908 * '' Eushelfordia'' Hebard, 1925 * '' Eushelfordiella'' Lopes & Oliveira, 2007 * '' Megaloblatta'' Dohrn, 1887 * '' Muzoa'' Hebard, 1921 * '' Nyctantonina'' Vélez, 2013 * '' Nyctibora'' Burmeister, 1838 * '' Paramuzoa'' Roth, 1973 * '' Paratropes'' Serville, 1838 * '' Pseudischnoptera'' Saussure, 1869

Pseudophyllodromiinae The Pseudophyllodromiinae are a subfamily of cockroaches, 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, ...

Worldwide distribution * '' Pseudophyllodromia'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 * '' Supella'' Shelford, 1911

Genera ''
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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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