Tryonicidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Blattodea
Superfamilia: Blattoidea

Familia: Tryonicidae
Genera (2): Lauraesilpha - Tryonicus
Source(s) of checklist:
Checklist based on Blattodea Species File, except for the doubtfully included genera, following Murienne, 2009
Name

Tryonicidae McKittrick & Mackerras, 1965: 230

Original status: valid subfamilia of Blattidae
Type genus: Tryonicus Shaw, 1925

References

McKittrick, F.A. & Mackerras, M.J. 1965. Phyletic relationships within the Blattidae. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 58(2): 224–230. Reference page.
Klass, K.-D.; Meier, R. 2006: A phylogenetic analysis of Dictyoptera (Insecta) based on morphological characters. Entomologische Abhandlungen 63(1-2): 3–50. PDF Reference page. [See p. 17 ('new status')]
Murienne, J. 2009: Molecular data confirm family status for the Tryonicus–Lauraesilpha group (Insecta: Blattodea: Tryonicidae). Organisms diversity & evolution 9(1): 44–51. DOI: 10.1016/j.ode.2008.10.005 Open access. Reference page.
Roth, L.M. 2003: Systematics and phylogeny of cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattaria). Oriental insects 37(1): 1-186. DOI: 10.1080/00305316.2003.10417344 Paywall. Reference page.

The Tryonicidae are a family of cockroaches.

Biodiversity and distribution

Two genera containing 17 species are currently confirmed as belonging to this family.[1]

Table 1: Number of species of Tryonicidae in each region in which it is present (A=adventive, E=endemic, I=indigenous)
Australia New Caledonia New Zealand
Lauraesilpha 11E[2]
Tryonicus 3E[3] 3E[4] 1A[5]

An example of Tryonicus parvus found in Auckland, New Zealand. They are common under logs and planks lying in gumland scrub. Are capable of emitting an unpleasant smell when handled.An example of Tryonicus parvus found in Auckland, New Zealand. They are common under logs and planks lying in gumland scrub. Are capable of emitting an unpleasant smell when handled.

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(2011) figures of '10 genera, 47 species' presumably does not take into account Murienne's (2009) publication (they do not cite it)[6]
According to Murienne (2009: 49), the tribe Methanini certainly belongs to the Blattidae: 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, but details are too sketchy at present to accept this record.[7]

References

Murienne, J. 2009: Molecular data confirm family status for the Tryonicus–Lauraesilpha group (Insecta: Blattodea: Tryonicidae). Organisms diversity & evolution, 9(1): 44-51. doi:10.1016/j.ode.2008.10.005
Murienne, J.; Pellens, R.; Grandcolas, P. 2008: Short-range endemism in New Caledonian insects: new species and distribution in the genus Lauraesilpha Grandcolas, 1997 (Insecta, Dictyoptera, Blattidae, Tryonicinae). Pp. 261-271 in: Grandcolas, P. (ed.), Zoologia Neocaledonica 6. Biodiversity studies in New Caledonia. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, (197) PDF
Australian Faunal Directory
Roth, L.M. 1987: The genus Tryonicus Shaw from Australia and New Caledonia (Dictyoptera: Blattaria: Blattidae: Tryonicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 25(1): 151-167.
NZOR (Web Service Demonstrator)
Beccaloni, G.W.; Eggleton, P. 2011: Order Blattodea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882. Zootaxa, 3148: 199-200. PDF

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. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3 PDF [see pp. 254, 399]