Blattodea

Ectobius pallidus

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Blattodea
Superfamiliae (3): Blaberoidea - Blattoidea - Corydioidea

Overview of familiae (8 + 9†)

Blaberidae - Blattidae - Corydiidae - Cryptocercidae - Ectobiidae - Lamproblattidae - Nocticolidae - Tryonicidae - †Blattulidae - †Caloblattinidae - †Fuziidae - †Liberiblattinidae - †Mutoviidae - †Mylacridae - †Phyloblattidae - †Raphidiomimidae - †Umenocoleidae

Selected references

• Beccaloni, G.W.; Eggleton, P. 2011: Order Blattodea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882. Zootaxa 3148: 199-200. PDF reference page 
• Beccaloni, G.; Eggleton, P. 2013: Order Blattodea. Zootaxa 3703 (1): 46-48. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.10 reference page 
• Djernæs, M. et al. 2012: Phylogeny of cockroaches (Insecta, Dictyoptera, Blattodea), with placement of aberrant taxa and exploration of out-group sampling. Systematic entomology, 37(1): 65–83. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00598.x reference page 
• Evangelista, D.A.; Bourne, G.; Ware, J.L. 2014: Species richness estimates of Blattodea s.s. (Insecta: Dictyoptera) from northern Guyana vary depending upon methods of species delimitation. Systematic entomology, 39(1): 150-158. doi: 10.1111/syen.12043 reference page 
• Grandcolas, P. 1996: The phylogeny of cockroach families: a cladistic appraisal of morpho-anatomical data. Canadian journal of zoology, 74(3): 508-527. doi: 10.1139/z96-059 reference page 
• Inward, D.; Beccaloni, G.; Eggleton, P. 2007: Death of an order: a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study confirms that termites are eusocial cockroaches. Biology letters, 3(3): 331–335. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0102 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 
• Roth, L.M. 2003: Systematics and phylogeny of cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattaria). Oriental insects, 37(1): 1-186. doi: 10.1080/00305316.2003.10417344 reference page 

Additional references

• Crespo, F.A.; Del Carmen Valverde, A.; Iglesias, M.S. 2010: Catalogue of Blattaria (Insecta) from Argentina. Zootaxa 2726: 1-33. Preview reference page 
• Vidlička, Ľ. 2013: Cockroaches (Blattaria) of Ecuador—checklist and history of research. Zootaxa 3599 (5): 401-445. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3599.5.1 reference page 

Vernacular names

Akan: tɛfrɛ
Alemannisch: Schwobechäfer
Bahasa Indonesia: Lipas
čeština: Švábi
eesti: Prussakalised
English: Cockroach
español: Cucaracha
eʋegbe: Agbagbladza
한국어: 바퀴목 (비렴목)
italiano: Scarafaggio
Nederlands: Kakkerlak
日本語: ゴキブリ目
Nordfriisk: Kakelaken
suomi: Torakat
தமிழ்: கரப்பான் பூச்சி
中文: 蜚蠊目

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