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The Tryonicidae are a family of
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 ...
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Biodiversity and distribution

Two genera containing 17 species are currently confirmed as belonging to this family. Table 1: Number of species of Tryonicidae in each region in which it is present (A=adventive, E=endemic, I=indigenous)


Notes

* Beccaloni & Eggleton's (2011) figures of '10 genera, 47 species' presumably does not take into account Murienne's (2009) publication (they do not cite it) * According to Murienne (2009: 49), the tribe Methanini certainly belongs to the
Blattidae Blattidae is a cockroach family in the order Blattodea containing several of the most common household cockroaches. Some notable species include: * ''Blatta orientalis'': Oriental cockroach, * Common shining cockroach: (''Drymaplaneta commun ...
: Polyzosteriinae, as probably does the group of New Caledonian endemic genera '' Angustonicus'', '' Pallidionicus'', '' Pellucidonicus'', '' Punctulonicus'', and '' Rothisilpha'' * A report has been published of an unidentified endemic "tryonicine" from New Zealand, in addition to the adventive ''
Tryonicus parvus The Tryonicidae are a family of cockroaches. Biodiversity and distribution Two genera containing 17 species are currently confirmed as belonging to this family. Table 1: Number of species of Tryonicidae in each region in which it is present (A ...
'', but details are too sketchy at present to accept this record.Macfarlane, R.P. ''et al''. 2010: Phylum Arthropoda subphylum Hexapoda: Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233-467 ''in'': Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2010: ''New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils''. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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References


Further reading

* Klass, K.-D.; Meier, R. 2006: A phylogenetic analysis of Dictyoptera (Insecta) based on morphological characters. ''Entomologische Abhandlungen'', 63(1-2): 3-50
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* McKittrick, F.A.; Mackerras, M.J. 1965: Phyletic relationships within the Blattidae. ''Annals of the Entomological Society of America'', 58(2): 224-230
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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tryonicidae Cockroach families