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 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,

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

, 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 ...

'' * ''

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)
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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 gene ...

Auth.: Karny, 1908 – worldwide * ''

Attaphila ''Attaphila'' is a genus of cockroaches that live as myrmecophiles in the nests of leaf-cutting ants. They have been suggested to feed on the fungus their host ants farm, or on the cuticular lipids of ant workers. ''Attaphila'' are not attacke ...

'' Wheeler, 1900 ( Neotropical) * ''

Blattella ''Blattella'' is a genus of cosmopolitan and wild cockroaches in the family Ectobiidae. Species The Catalogue of Life The Catalogue of Life is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, plants, fungi, and micr ...

'' Caudell, 1903 * ''

Ischnoptera ''Ischnoptera'' is a genus of cockroach in the family Ectobiidae. Species These 98 species belong to the genus ''Ischnoptera'': * ''Ischnoptera aglandis'' Roth, 2001 * '' Ischnoptera amazonica'' Rehn, 1916 * '' Ischnoptera angustifrons'' Hebard ...

'' Burmeister, 1838 * ''

Lobopterella ''Lobopterella'' is a genus 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, among others. ...

'' 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 In rhetoric, symploce is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is used successively at the beginning of two or more clauses or sentences and another word or phrase with a similar wording is used successively at the end of them. It is the comb ...

'' 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 * '' Ectobius'' 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 ''Eunyctibora'' is a genus of Cockroach, cockroaches within the family Ectobiidae, with 5 currently assigned species. Species * ''Eunyctibora bicolor'' * ''Eunyctibora crassicornis'' * ''Eunyctibora magnifica'' * ''Eunyctibora nigrocincta'' ...

'' Shelford, 1908 * ''

Eushelfordia ''Eushelfordia'' is a genus of cockroaches from the family Ectobiidae. These brightly marked cockroaches are native to forests in the Amazon basin in South America. Taxonomy ''Eushelfordia'' contains the following species: * ''Eushelfordia amazon ...

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

Pseudophyllodromiinae The Pseudophyllodromiinae are a subfamily of cockroaches, in the family Ectobiidae, with a world-wide distribution. Well known species include: * Small yellow cockroach ''Cariblatta lutea'' * Brown-banded cockroach ''Supella longipalpa'' * Ea ...

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

Genera '' incertae sedis''

* '' 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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