Blattidae

Blattidae
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–Recent[1]
American cockroach
(Periplaneta americana)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Epifamily: Blattoidae
Family: Blattidae
Latreille, 1810
Genera

See subfamilies and genera

Blattidae is a cockroach family in the order Blattodea[2] containing several of the most common household cockroaches. Notable species include:

  1. ^ Qiu, L.; Liu, Y.-C.; Wang, Z.-Q.; Che, Y.-L. (2020). "The first blattid cockroach (Dictyoptera: Blattodea) in Cretaceous amber and the reconsideration of purported Blattidae". Cretaceous Research. 109: Article 104359. Bibcode:2020CrRes.10904359Q. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104359. S2CID 213557497.
  2. ^ Cockroach Species File (retrieved 26 January 2018)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · View on Wikipedia

Developed by Nelliwinne