Cockroach Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)

Taxa hierarchy

order Blattodea
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superfamily Blaberoidea Saussure, 1864
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family Blaberidae Saussure, 1864

subfamily Perisphaerinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865

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Distribution:
Ecology:
- Terrestrial.
Citations:
- Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1865. Nouveau Système des Blattaires. 302 >> Note: Perisphaeridae
- Li, X.-R. & Z-Q. Wang. 2016. ZooKeys 574:79
Type genus: Perisphaeria Burmeister, 1838 (= Perisphaerus Serville, 1831); priority for family-group names based on Perisphaeria dates from Perisphaeridae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865. First use as Perisphaerinae by Li, X.-R. & Z-Q. Wang, 2016.

genus Bantua Shelford, 1908

synonym Cyrtotria Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
synonym Derocalymma Kirby, 1904
species dispar (Burmeister, 1838)
species ferox Shelford, 1908
species repentina Rehn, 1933
species robusta (Shelford, 1908)
species scabra (Walker, 1868)
species valida Shelford, 1911

genus Compsagis Chopard, 1952

species intermedius Princis, 1963
species lesnei Chopard, 1952
species poduroides (Walker, 1868)

genus Corydidarum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865

synonym Fanoblatta Rehn, 1933
synonym Glomeriblatta Bey-Bienko, 1950
synonym Kurokia Shiraki, 1906
synonym Trichoblatta Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
species aerea (Bey-Bienko, 1958)
species beybienkoi (Anisyutkin, 2003)
species fallax (Bey-Bienko, 1969)
species guerini (Saussure & Zehntner, 1895)
species humbertiana (Saussure, 1863)
species magnifica (Shelford, 1907)
species montshadskii (Bey-Bienko, 1969)
species nepalensis (Saussure & Zehntner, 1895)
species nigra (Shiraki, 1906)
species oniscina (Gerstaecker, 1883)
species pilosa (Bey-Bienko, 1965)
species pygmaea (Karny, 1915)
species scopsi (Hanitsch, 1950)
species sculpta (Bey-Bienko, 1958)
species semisulcata (Hanitsch, 1924)
species sericea (Saussure, 1863)
species tarsalis (Walker, 1868)
species tolypeutes (Rehn, 1937)
species valida (Bey-Bienko, 1969)
species wallacei (Hanitsch, 1933)
species wellingtoni (Hanitsch, 1931)

genus Cyrtotria Stål, 1871

synonym Agis Rehn, 1933
synonym Stenopilema Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
synonym Thysanoblatta Kirby, 1903
species amaswazi Rehn, 1922
species angustissima (Chopard, 1958)
species capucina (Gerstaecker, 1869)
species fictor (Rehn, 1937)
species gibbicollis (Stål, 1856)
species gracilis (Burmeister, 1838)
species grandis Princis, 1967
species graniger (Saussure & Zehntner, 1895)
species jallae (Giglio-Tos, 1907)
species latipennis (Kirby, 1903)
species macra (Stål, 1856)
species marshalli Shelford, 1908
species mitrata Rehn, 1922
species nyasae Shelford, 1908
species orientalis (Chopard, 1954)
species pallicornis (Kirby, 1900)
species peltata (Rehn, 1937)
species poduriformis (Walker, 1868)
species pusilla Rehn, 1937
species scabricollis (Gerstaecker, 1883)
species tuberculata Shelford, 1910
species zulu Princis, 1963

genus Derocalymma Burmeister, 1838

synonym Homalodemas Stål, 1856
synonym Pellita Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
synonym Pollusca Stål, 1871
species abyssinica Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
species costata Rehn, 1933
species cruralis (Stål, 1858)
species dasypus Rehn, 1933
species fuelleborni Rehn, 1933
species granulata Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
species kalahari Rehn, 1933
species katangae Rehn, 1933
species lampyrina Gerstaecker, 1869
species pluteus Rehn, 1933
species porcellio Gerstaecker, 1869
species rajiformis Rehn, 1933
species scruposa Rehn, 1933
species silphoides Bolívar, 1889
species trichoderma Bolívar, 1881
species versicolor (Burmeister, 1838)

genus Ellipsica Saussure & Zehntner, 1895

species aenea Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
species cribrosa Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
species insculpta Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
species rugosa Shelford, 1907
species subaenea Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
species virescens Saussure & Zehntner, 1895

genus Elliptoblatta Saussure, 1891

species antennata Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
species bisignata Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
species brunneriana Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
species caelebs Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
species consobrina Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
species hova Saussure, 1895
species madecassa (Saussure, 1869)
species marginalis Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
species parallela Chopard, 1952
species polita Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
species punctulata Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
species sakalava Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
species semilimbata Saussure & Zehntner, 1895

genus Gymnonyx Saussure & Zehntner, 1895

species grandidieri Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
species scabra Saussure & Zehntner, 1895

genus Hostilia Stål, 1871

species carinata Saussure, 1873
species clavigera (Kirby, 1900)
species proterva (Stål, 1856)

genus Hyposphaeria Lucas, 1863

synonym Hanstromia Princis, 1949
synonym Homaloblatta Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
synonym Lioblatta Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
synonym Melanoblatta Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
synonym Melanosilpha Stål, 1871
synonym Trichocoma Stål, 1871
species aspera (Walker, 1868)
species basuto (Princis, 1963)
species bicolor (Saussure & Zehntner, 1895)
species carlgreni (Princis, 1947)
species guillarmodi (Princis, 1963)
species hancocki (Karny, 1908)
species hirta (Thunberg, 1810)
species hirtula (Princis, 1963)
species micans (Burmeister, 1838)
species mucronata (Princis, 1963)
species nodosa (Princis, 1963)
species peringueyi (Saussure & Zehntner, 1895)
species pilifera (Stål, 1856)
species pilosa (Princis, 1963)
species rudebecki (Princis, 1963)
species ruficornis (Saussure & Zehntner, 1895)
species saussurei (Princis, 1963)
species saxicola (Eschscholtz, 1822)
species scabra (Thunberg, 1810)
species scabrella (Princis, 1963)
species stylifera (Burmeister, 1838)
species substylifera (Princis, 1963)
species verrucosa (Princis, 1963)
species virescens (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865)

genus Laxta Walker, 1868

synonym Oniscomorpha Godeffroy, 1877
synonym Oniscosoma Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
synonym Pseudopanchlora Tepper, 1893
synonym Zetobora Saussure, 1862
species aptera Roth, 1992
species darbyi Roth, 1992
species feroculotacta Roth, 1992
species fraucai Roth, 1992
species friedmani Roth, 1992
species granicollis (Saussure, 1862)
species granulosa Roth, 1992
species guttata Roth, 1992
species jeanneae Roth, 1992
species punctosa (Walker, 1869)
species rieki Roth, 1992
species shawi Roth, 1992
species tillyardi Roth, 1992

genus Neolaxta Mackerras, 1968

species mackerrasae Roth, 1987
species monteithi Mackerras, 1968
species triangulifera Roth, 1987

genus Perisphaerus Serville, 1831

synonym Perisphaera Serville, 1838
synonym Perispherus Le Guillou, 1841
synonym Perisphaeria Burmeister, 1838
species aeneus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865)
species altus Walker, 1868
species armadillo Serville, 1831
species aterrimus Herbst, 1786
species brunneri Kirby, 1904
species contiguus (Saussure, 1873)
species cotesianus Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
species flavicornis Burmeister, 1838
species flavipes Saussure, 1863
species flexicollis (Walker, 1868)
species glomeriformis Lucas, 1862
species inaequalis Hanitsch, 1931
species multipunctatus Hanitsch, 1927
species pubescens Princis, 1957
species punctatus Bey-Bienko, 1969
species rubescens Hanitsch, 1933
species semilunatus Hanitsch, 1927

genus Pilema Saussure, 1873

synonym Pronaonota Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
species clypeata Saussure, 1873
species cribrosa (Saussure & Zehntner, 1895)
species dentata Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
species dubia Kirby, 1904
species fornicata (Saussure & Zehntner, 1895)
species fusca (Burmeister, 1838)
species hebetata Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
species mombasae Shelford, 1908
species reflexa (Walker, 1868)
species rimator Rehn, 1922
species serpae (Bolívar, 1889)
species subdentata Princis, 1963
species thoracica (Walker, 1868)

genus Platysilpha Shelford, 1908

species gigantea (Shelford, 1909)
species murina (Walker, 1868)
species whellani Princis, 1963

genus Poeciloblatta Saussure & Zehntner, 1895

species angusta Saussure & Zehntner, 1895

genus Pseudoglomeris Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

subgenus Glomerexis Bey-Bienko, 1938
subgenus Pseudoglomeris Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

genus Zuluia Rehn, 1922

species abscissa (Walker, 1868)
species deplanata Princis, 1963
species lithostrota Rehn, 1931
species pubescens (Saussure, 1873)
species robusta Princis, 1963

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