Blattidae

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
Subfamiliae (4): Archiblattinae - Blattinae - Macrocercinae - Polyzosteriinae
[source: Blattodea Species File (Version 1.0/4.1)]
Overview of genera (46)

Anamesia – Apterisca – Archiblatta – Blatta – Brinckella – Bundoksia – Cartoblatta – Catara – Celatoblatta – Cosmozosteria – Deropeltis – Desmozosteria – Dorylaea – Drymaplaneta – Duchailluia – Eppertia – Eroblatta – Eumethana – Eurycotis – Euzosteria – Hebardina – Henicotyle – Homalosilpha – Laevifacies – Leptozosteria – Macrocerca – Macrostylopyga – Maoriblatta – Megazosteria – Melanozosteria – Methana – Mimosilpha – Miostylopyga – Neostylopyga – Pelmatosilpha – Periplaneta – Platyzosteria – Polyzosteria – Protagonista – Pseudoderopeltis – Pseudolampra – Scabina – Scabinopsis – Shelfordella – Temnelytra – Thyrsocera – Zonioploca

[source: Blattodea Species File (Version 1.0/4.1)]

Angustonicus – Pallidionicus – Pellucidonicus – Punctulonicus – Rothisilpha

Check: Leucophaea
Name

Blattidae Latreille, 1810
References
Primary references

Latreille, P.A. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite à l’histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Familles naturelles des genres. Tome troisième. F. Dufart, Paris, xii + pp. 13–467 + [1 (errata)]. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Bruijning, C.F.A. 1948: Studies on Malayan Blattidae. Zoologische mededelingen, 29: 1–174. abstract and pdf Reference page.
Li, Y., Luo, X-X., Zhang, J-W., Wang, Z-Q. & Che, Y-L. 2022. A new species of Bundoksia Lucañas, 2021 with comments on its subfamilial placement, based on morphological and molecular data. Zookeys 1085ː 145–163. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1085.72927 Open access Reference page.
Liao, S-R., Wang, Z-Q. & Che, Y-L. 2019. A new genus and a new species in the subfamily Polyzosteriinae (Blattodea, Blattidae) from China. Zookeys, 852: 85–100. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.852.33325 Reference page.

Vernacular names
中文: 蜚蠊科

Blattidae is a cockroach family in the order Blattodea[1] containing several of the most common household cockroaches. Some notable species include:

Blatta orientalis: Oriental cockroach,
Common shining cockroach: (Drymaplaneta communis)
Florida woods cockroach: (Eurycotis floridana)
Periplaneta spp: American cockroach, Australian cockroach, Brown cockroach, Smokybrown cockroach
Shelfordella spp: Turkestan cockroach
Botany Bay cockroach: (Polyzosteria limbata)

Subfamilies and genera
Archiblattinae

Auth. Kirby, 1904; distribution: SE Asia

Archiblatta Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1862
Catara Walker, 1868
Protagonista Latreille, 1810

Blattinae

Auth. Latreille, 1810; distribution: Worldwide; synonym Duchailluiinae Roth, 2003
Methana parva

Afrostylopyga Anisyutkin, 2014
Apterisca Princis, 1963
Blatta Linnaeus, 1758
Brinckella Princis, 1963
Cartoblatta Shelford, 1910
Celatoblatta Johns, 1966
Deropeltis Burmeister, 1838
Dorylaea Stål, 1877
Duchailluia Rehn, 1933
Eroblatta Shelford, 1910
Eumethana Princis, 1951
Hebardina Bei-Bienko, 1938
Henicotyle Rehn & Hebard, 1927
Homalosilpha Stål, 1874
Macrostylopyga Anisyutkin, Anichkin & Thinh, 2013
Maoriblatta Princis, 1966
Mimosilpha Bei-Bienko, 1957
Miostylopyga Princis, 1966
Neostylopyga Shelford, 1911
Pelmatosilpha Dohrn, 1887
Periplaneta Burmeister, 1838
Pseudoderopeltis Krauss, 1890
Scabinopsis Bei-Bienko, 1969
Shelfordella Adelung, 1910
Thyrsocera Burmeister, 1838
†Bubosa Šmídová, 2020 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

Macrocercinae

Auth. Roth, 1993; distribution: Australasia

Macrocerca Hanitsch, 1930

Polyzosteriinae

Auth. Tepper, 1893; distribution: central & south America, Pacific islands, Australasia

Anamesia Tepper, 1893
Cosmozosteria Stål, 1874
Desmozosteria Shelford, 1909
Drymaplaneta Tepper, 1893
Eppertia Shaw, 1925
Eurycotis Stål, 1874
Euzosteria Shelford, 1909
Laevifaciesquadrialata Liao, Wang & Che, 2019[2]
Leptozosteria Tepper, 1893
Megazosteria Mackerras, 1966
Melanozosteria Stål, 1874
Methana Stål, 1877
Platyzosteria Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
Polyzosteria Burmeister, 1838
Pseudolampra Tepper, 1893
Scabina Shelford, 1909
Temnelytra Tepper, 1893
Zonioploca Stål, 1874

References

Cockroach Species File (retrieved 26 January 2018)
Liao, Shuran; Wang, Zongqing; Che, Yanli (2019-06-05). "A new genus and a new species in the subfamily Polyzosteriinae (Blattodea, Blattidae) from China". ZooKeys (852): 85–100. doi:10.3897/zookeys.852.33325. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 6562000. PMID 31210744.