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Blaberidae

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Giant cockroaches
Adults and subadults ofBlaberus craniifer– the death's head cockroach
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Superfamily: Blaberoidea
Family: Blaberidae
Saussure, 1864
Genera

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Synonyms
  • Blaberiens
  • Perisphaeridae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865

Giant cockroaches,orblaberids(familyBlaberidae), are the second-largest cockroach family by number of species.[1]Mostly distributed in warmer climates worldwide, this family is based on the American genusBlaberus,but much of the diversity is also found in Africa and Asia.

Description

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Elliptorhina javanicawith an ootheca
Gromphadorhina portentosagiving live birth

They are the onlyovoviviparouscockroach family.[2][3]Theoothecais seen very briefly before being retracted into the body, where soon after the young nymphs hatch inside, the female gives live birth. Thecerciare smaller compared to other families, and most of the time are covered by wings.[4]They're mostly found in caves, rotting logs or buried underleaf litter.Many are often kept as pets or as feeder insects, such asBlaberus,GromphadorhinaorMacropanesthia.

Notable species

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Notable species within this family include:

Subfamilies and genera

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TheCockroach Species Filelists over 1260 species within 170 valid genera and 14 subfamilies.[5]

Blaberinae

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Blaberus giganteus

Auth.: Saussure, 1864; distribution:Americas

  1. ArchimandritaSaussure, 1893
  2. AspiduchusRehn & Hebard, 1927
  3. BionoblattaRehn, 1940
  4. BlaberusServille, 1831
  5. BlapticaStål, 1874
  6. ByrsotriaStål, 1874
  7. EublaberusHebard, 1920
  8. HemiblaberaSaussure, 1893
  9. HiereoblattaRehn, 1937
  10. HormeticaBurmeister, 1838
  11. HyporhicnodaHebard, 1920
  12. LucihormeticaZompro & Fritzsche, 1999
  13. MinablattaRehn, 1940
  14. MonachodaBurmeister, 1838
  15. MonastriaSaussure, 1864
  16. NeorhicnodaGrandcolas, 1992
  17. OxycercusBolívar, 1881
  18. ParadictaGrandcolas, 1992
  19. ParahormeticaBrunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
  20. PetasodesSaussure, 1864
  21. PhoetaliaStål, 1874
  22. QuadrihormeticaVidlicka, 2019
  23. SibylloblattaRehn, 1937
  24. StyphonRehn, 1930
Calolamprodinae Wang & Wang, 2023
  1. CalolamprodesBey-Bienko, 1969 (India, China, Indochina)
Diplopterinae

Distribution: SE Asia, Australia, N. America

  1. DiplopteraSaussure, 1864

Epilamprinae

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Aptera fusca

Auth.: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865; distribution: Americas, Africa, SE Asia, Australia

  1. AfricalolampraRoth, 1995
  2. AlphelixiaRoth, 1973
  3. AnisolampraBey-Bienko, 1969
  4. AntioquitaHebard, 1933
  5. ApteraSaussure, 1864
  6. ApsidopisSaussure, 1895
  7. AtaxigamiaTepper, 1893
  8. AudreiaShelford, 1910
  9. BlepharoderaBurmeister, 1838
  10. BrephallusWang, Zhao, Li, Che & Wang, 2018
  11. CalolampraSaussure, 1893
  12. CapucinellaHebard, 1920
  13. CariacasiaRehn, 1928
  14. ColapteroblattaHebard, 1919
  15. CompsolampraSaussure, 1893
  16. CyrtonotulaUvarov, 1939
  17. DryadoblattaRehn, 1930
  18. DecoralampraLucañas, 2017
  19. EpilampraBurmeister, 1838
  20. GaliblattaHebard, 1926
  21. GurneyaRoth, 1974
  22. HaaninaHebard, 1929
  23. HomalopteryxBrunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
  24. HowintoniellaRoth, 1981
  25. IndoapterolampraAnisyutkin, 2014
  26. JuxtacalolampraRoth, 1981
  27. LitopeltisHebard, 1920
  28. MiroblattaShelford, 1906
  29. MolytriaStål, 1874
  30. MorphnaShelford, 1910
  31. NotolampraSaussure, 1862
  32. OpisthoplatiaBrunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
  33. OrchidoecaGurney & Roth, 1976
  34. ParacalolamprodesAnisyutkin, 2015
  35. PhlebonotusSaussure, 1862
  36. PhoraspisServille, 1831
  37. PinaconotaSaussure, 1895
  38. PlacoblattaBey-Bienko, 1969
  39. PoeciloderrhisStål, 1874
  40. PrincisolaGurney & Roth, 1976
  41. PseudophoraspisKirby, 1903
  42. RhabdoblattaKirby, 1903
  43. RhicnodaBrunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
  44. StictolampraHanitsch, 1930
  45. ThoraxSaussure, 1862
  46. YlangellaRoth, 2002

Geoscapheinae

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Macropanesthia rhinoceros

Distribution: Malesia, Australasia (not mainland Asia)

  1. GeoscapheusTepper, 1893
  2. MacropanesthiaSaussure, 1895
  3. NeogeoscapheusRoth, 1977
  4. ParapanesthiaRoth, 1977

Gyninae

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Gyna caffrorum

Distribution: Africa

  1. AlloblattaGrandcolas, 1993
  2. GynaBrunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
  3. ParaprincisariaGrandcolas, 1993
  4. PrincisariaKumar, 1975
  5. PseudocalolampraRoth & Princis, 1971

Oxyhaloinae

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Gromphadorhina portentosa

Distribution: Africa – 3tribes:

  1. AeluropodaButler, 1882
  2. AteloblattaSaussure, 1891
  3. Elliptorhinavan Herrewege, 1973
  4. GromphadorhinaBrunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
  5. Leozehntneravan Herrewege, 1975
  6. Princisiavan Herrewege, 1973
  • Nauphoetini
  1. GriffiniellaKarny, 1908
  2. HenschoutedeniaPrincis, 1954
  3. JagrehniaPrincis, 1954
  4. NauphoetaBurmeister, 1838
  5. RhyparobiaKrauss, 1892
  6. SimandoaRoth & Naskrecki, 2004
  • Oxyhaloini
  1. OxyhaloaBrunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
  1. Brachynauphoetavan Herrewege, 1975
  2. ColeoblattaHanitsch, 1950
  3. HeminauphoetaSaussure, 1891
  4. PronauphoetaShelford, 1909

Panchlorinae

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Distribution: Americas, Africa

  1. AchroblattaSaussure, 1893
  2. AnchoblattaShelford, 1909
  3. BiolleyaSaussure, 1897
  4. PanchloraBurmeister, 1838
  5. PelloblattaRehn, 1903

Panesthiinae

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Panesthiasp.

Distribution: Madagascar, India, China, SE Asia through to Australia[6]

  1. AncaudelliaShaw, 1925
  2. AnnamoblattaSergeev, 1984- monotypicAnnamoblatta vietnamicaSergeev
  3. CaepariaStål, 1877
  4. MicrodinaKirby, 1903
  5. MiopanesthiaSaussure, 1895
  6. PanesthiaServille, 1831
  7. SalganeaStål, 1877
Paranauphoetinae Rehn, 1951
  1. ParanauphoetaBrunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 (India, China, Indochina, Malesia, New Guinea)

Perisphaerinae

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Corydidarum magnifica

Auth.: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865; distribution: Africa, SE Asia, Australia[7][8]

  1. BantuaShelford, 1908
  2. CompsagisChopard, 1952
  3. CorydidarumBrunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
    (=TrichoblattaSaussure & Zehntner, 1895)
  4. CyrtotriaStål, 1871
  5. DerocalymmaBurmeister, 1838
  6. EllipsicaSaussure & Zehntner, 1895
  7. ElliptoblattaSaussure, 1891
  8. GymnonyxSaussure & Zehntner, 1895
  9. Hostilia (cockroach)Stål, 1871
  10. HyposphaeriaLucas, 1863(many synonyms)
  11. LaxtaWalker, 1868
  12. NeolaxtaMackerras, 1968
  13. PerisphaerusServille, 1831
    (=Perisphaera[sic]Serville)
  14. PilemaSaussure, 1873
  15. PlatysilphaShelford, 1908
  16. PoeciloblattaSaussure & Zehntner, 1895
  17. PseudoglomerisBrunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
  18. ZuluiaRehn, 1922

Pycnoscelinae

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Pycnoscelus indicus

Distribution: SE Asia & S. America

  1. ProscrateaBurmeister, 1838- S. America
  2. PycnoscelusScudder, 1862
  3. StilpnoblattaSaussure & Zehntner, 1895
Rhabdoblattellinae Wang & Wang, 2023
  1. RhabdoblattellaAnisyutkin, 1999(China,Indochina)

Zetoborinae

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Schizopilia fissicollis

Distribution: Central & S. America

  1. AlvarengaiaRocha e Silva & Aguiar, 1977
  2. CapucinaSaussure, 1893
  3. LanxoblattaHebard, 1931
  4. ParasphaeriaBrunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
  5. PhortioecaSaussure, 1862
  6. PhortioecoidesRehn, 1937
  7. SchistopeltisRehn, 1916
  8. SchizopiliaSaussure, 1864
  9. Schultesia (cockroach)Roth, 1973
  10. ThanatophyllumGrandcolas, 1991
  11. TriboniumSaussure, 1862
  12. TribonoideaShelford, 1908
  13. ZetoboraBurmeister, 1838
  14. ZetoborellaHebard, 1921

Genera Incertae sedis

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See also:Incertae sedis
  1. ApotrogiaKirby, 1900
  2. CacoblattaSaussure, 1893
  3. DerocardiaSaussure, 1895
  4. DiplopterinaPrincis, 1963(W. Africa)
  5. ElfridaiaShaw, 1925
  6. EustegastaGerstaecker, 1883
  7. Evea (cockroach)Shelford, 1909
  8. GlyptopeltisSaussure, 1873
  9. GynopeltisGerstaecker, 1869
  10. HedaiaSaussure & Zehntner, 1895
  11. IsoniscusBorg, 1902
  12. KemneriaPrincis, 1946
  13. MesoblaberusPrincis, 1951
  14. MioblattaSaussure & Zehntner, 1895
  15. ParaplectaShelford, 1907
  16. PhenacismaKarsch, 1896
  17. ProgonogamiaRehn, 1922
  18. PseudogynaShelford, 1909
  19. PseudoplatiaHanitsch, 1930
  20. StictomorphnaBruijning, 1948
  21. ThliptoblattaSaussure & Zehntner, 1895
  22. ThoracopygiaSaussure & Zehntner, 1895

Taxonomy note

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Among the genera of uncertain subfamily,Eustegasta,IsoniscusandPoeciloderrhis[9]have been removed from subfamilyPerisphaerinae.[7]

References

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  1. ^Beccaloni, George; Eggleton, Paul (2013-08-30)."Order Blattodea. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013)".Zootaxa.3703(1): 46.doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.10.ISSN1175-5334.
  2. ^"Ovoviviparity - Cockroach Species".2 March 2023.
  3. ^"Blaberidae | insect family | Britannica".
  4. ^For the Love of Cockroaches: Husbandry, Biology, and History of Pet and Feeder Blattodea
  5. ^"family Blaberidae Saussure, 1864: Cockroach Species File".cockroach.speciesfile.org.Retrieved12 October2023.
  6. ^Cockroach Species File: subfamily Panesthiinae (retrieved 21 October 2023)
  7. ^abCocroach Species File: Perisphaerinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865(retrieved 14 October 2023)
  8. ^Perisphaerinae Brunner von Wattenwyl andHyposphaeriaLucas are valid names concealed by the unavailable names Perisphaeriinae andPerisphaeriaBurmeister (Blattodea, Blaberidae)
  9. ^De Oliveira Cardoso Da Silva, Leonardo; Lopes, Sonia Maria (2018)."Six new species of Poeciloderrhis from Brazil (Blattaria: Blaberidae) with a new record and a new combination".Zoologia.35:1–10.doi:10.3897/zoologia.35.e12483.Retrieved3 April2018.
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