Blatta

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Supercohort: Polyneoptera
Cohort: Dictyoptera
Ordo: Blattodea
Superfamilia: Blattoidea
Epifamilia: Blattoidae

Familia: Blattidae
Subfamilia: Blattinae
Genus: Blatta
Species: B. furcata – B. orientalis
Name

Blatta Linnaeus, 1758

Type species:Blatta orientalis Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

Kakerlac Latreille, 1825
Steleopyga Fischer, 1833
Stylopyga Fischer, 1846

References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 424. Reference page.

Links

Blatta in the Blattodea Species File database, accessed on 10/10/2013.
Blatta Taxon details on Fauna Europaea
Blatta – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
ZooBank: C00B9AB7-17AE-411B-A1AC-0E3C6BD98D07

Blatta is a genus of cockroaches. The name Blatta represents a specialised use of Latin blatta, meaning a light-shunning insect.[2]
Species

Species include:

Blatta orientalis Linnaeus, 1758 Oriental cockroach
Blatta furcata (Karny 1908)[3]

References

"Blatta". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
"blatta". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
Beccaloni, GW (2007). "genus Blatta Linnaeus, 1758". Blattodea Species File Online. Retrieved 29 December 2013.