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subfamily Blattinae Latreille, 1810

• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Citations:
  • Lucañas. 2021. Journal of Natural History 55(15-16):1011 >> Note: Key to Archiblattinae and Sexually Dimorphic Blattinae genera
• Type genus:  Blatta Linnaeus, 1758; priority for family-group names based on Blatta dates from Blattariae Latreille, 1810

• synonym Archiblattinae Kirby, 1904
• synonym Duchailluiinae Roth, 2003
• genus Afrostylopyga Anisyutkin, 2014
• species angolensis Anisyutkin, 2014
• genus Apterisca Princis, 1963
• species nigrita Princis, 1963
• genus Archiblatta Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1862
• synonym Planetica Saussure, 1863
• species beccarii Hanitsch, 1932
• species hoeveni Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1862
• species phalangium (Saussure, 1864)
• genus Blatta Linnaeus, 1758
• synonym Kakerlac Latreille, 1825
• synonym Steleopyga Fischer, 1833
• synonym Stylopyga Fischer, 1846
• species furcata (Karny, 1908)
• species orientalis Linnaeus, 1758
• genus Brinckella Princis, 1963
• species hanstroemi (Princis, 1949)
• genus Cartoblatta Shelford, 1910
• species aeronigra (Rehn, 1922)
• species atra Bey-Bienko, 1969
• species barbara (Shelford, 1911)
• species buyssoni (Shelford, 1909)
• species ducalis (Shelford, 1912)
• species lamottei Princis, 1963
• species pulchra Shelford, 1910
• species scorteccii Princis, 1960
• species sinuata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893)
• species speciosa (Shelford, 1910)
• species togoensis (Shelford, 1911)
• species unicolor Chopard, 1938
• species yunnanea Bey-Bienko, 1969
• genus Catara Walker, 1868
• species minor Krauss, 1902
• species rugosicollis (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865)
• genus Deropeltis Burmeister, 1838
• synonym Euryzosteria Saussure, 1864
• species chopardi [temporary name]
• species sjoestedti [temporary name]
• species tavetana [temporary name]
• species abbreviata Chopard, 1938
• species adelungi Shelford, 1910
• species atra Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
• species autraniana Saussure, 1895
• species barbeyana Saussure, 1895
• species basilewskyi Princis, 1955
• species brevipennis Shelford, 1909
• species bueana Karsch, 1892
• species camerunensis Princis, 1963
• species carbonaria Gerstaecker, 1883
• species comosa Rehn, 1922
• species dichroa Gerstaecker, 1883
• species dmitriewi Adelung, 1905
• species elgonensis Princis, 1955
• species erythrocephala (Fabricius, 1781)
• species erythropeza Adelung, 1905
• species gracilis (Burmeister, 1838)
• species hanitschi Princis, 1955
• species impressa Princis, 1966
• species integerrima Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
• species intermedia Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
• species kachovskii Adelung, 1903
• species kivuensis Princis, 1955
• species lesnei Princis, 1963
• species longipennis Saussure, 1873
• species madecassa Saussure, 1891
• species melanophila (Walker, 1869)
• species mossambica Princis, 1963
• species negus Adelung, 1905
• species nigrita Saussure, 1895
• species pallidipennis Adelung, 1903
• species pallipes Chopard, 1938
• species paulinoi Bolívar, 1881
• species peringueyi Saussure, 1895
• species pilosa Princis, 1963
• species princisi Grandcolas, 2000
• species robusta Gerstaecker, 1883
• species robustula Princis, 1962
• species rufipes Hanitsch, 1938
• species schweinfurthi Saussure, 1895
• species sculpturata Krauss, 1890
• species stefaniniana Giglio-Tos, 1917
• species straeleni Jolivet, 1954
• species triimpressa Krauss, 1890
• species upembana Jolivet, 1954
• species verticalis Burmeister, 1838
• species wahlbergi (Stål, 1856)
• species zulu Princis, 1963
• genus Distylopyga Bey-Bienko, 1965
• species beccalonii Anisyutkin, 2018
• species semoni (Krauss, 1902)
• genus Dorylaea Stål, 1877
• synonym Methana Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
• species orini [temporary name]
• species andrewsi (Hanitsch, 1931)
• species archershee Fernando, 1961
• species atrocaput Hanitsch, 1925
• species brunneri Stål, 1877
• species bryanti Caudell, 1927
• species crassa (Karny, 1908)
• species dacrydii (Hanitsch, 1923)
• species flavicincta (Haan, 1842)
• species flavicollis (Serville, 1838)
• species flavifrons Shaw, 1925
• species heinzei Hanitsch, 1930
• species hosei (Shelford, 1909)
• species magna (Shelford, 1909)
• species picea (Hanitsch, 1923)
• species prakkei Bruijning, 1948
• species rhabdotops Hebard, 1929
• species robinsoni (Hanitsch, 1915)
• species rotundata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865)
• species saundersi (Hanitsch, 1923)
• species semimarginalis (Hanitsch, 1915)
• species umbellifera Hanitsch, 1933
• species unicolor Shelford, 1910
• species vietnamica Bey-Bienko, 1970
• species zeylanica Princis, 1951
• genus Duchailluia Rehn, 1933
• synonym Stylopyga Shelford, 1908
• species anthracina (Gerstaecker, 1883)
• species assimilis (Shelford, 1908)
• species congoensis (Shelford, 1911)
• species furcifera (Shelford, 1908)
• species ivindo Anisyutkin, 2018
• species manca (Gerstaecker, 1883)
• species nigerrima (Shelford, 1908)
• species shelfordi (Jolivet, 1954)
• species spinulifera (Krauss, 1890)
• species togoensis (Shelford, 1911)
• genus Eroblatta Shelford, 1910
• species borneensis (Shelford, 1908)
• genus Eumethana Princis, 1951
• species cavernicola (Chopard, 1919)
• genus Henicotyle Rehn & Hebard, 1927
• species antillarum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1892)
• genus Homalosilpha Stål, 1874
• species alba Liao & Che, 2021
• species arcifera Bey-Bienko, 1969
• species clavellata Liao & Che, 2021
• species contraria (Walker, 1868)
• species decorata (Serville, 1838)
• species gaudens Shelford, 1910
• species haani Princis, 1966
• species javanica Bey-Bienko, 1969
• species kryzhanovskii Bey-Bienko, 1969
• species nigricans Princis, 1966
• species obtusangula Liao & Che, 2021
• species quadrimaculata Roth, 1999
• species recta Liao & Che, 2021
• species ustulata (Burmeister, 1838)
• species valida Bey-Bienko, 1969
• species vicina (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865)
• genus Macrostylopyga Anisyutkin, Anichkin & Thinh, 2013
• species bidupi Anisyutkin, Anichkin & Thinh, 2013
• species grandis Anisyutkin, Anichkin & Thinh, 2013
• species laosana (Anisyutkin, 2010)
• genus Mimosilpha Bey-Bienko, 1957
• species disticha Bey-Bienko, 1957
• genus Miostylopyga Princis, 1966
• species proposita (Shelford, 1911)
• genus Neostylopyga Shelford, 1911
• synonym Dorylaea Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
• synonym Methana Finot, 1897
• synonym Stylopyga Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
• species albofasciata (Hanitsch, 1950)
• species annulicornis Princis, 1962
• species atrox (Hanitsch, 1928)
• species badia Princis, 1966
• species coxalis (Walker, 1868)
• species hova (Saussure, 1891)
• species jambusanensis Roth, 1988
• species maculifrons (Hanitsch, 1931)
• species maindroni (Shelford, 1911)
• species michaelseni (Shelford, 1909)
• species modesta Bey-Bienko, 1965
• species nana (Shelford, 1912)
• species neavei (Shelford, 1911)
• species nkelei (Hanitsch, 1950)
• species nossibei (Saussure, 1899)
• species ornata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865)
• species parallela (Bolívar, 1897)
• species picea (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865)
• species propinqua (Shelford, 1910)
• species quadrilobata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898)
• species rhombifolia (Stoll, 1813)
• species rufimarginata (Hanitsch, 1950)
• species salomonis (Shelford, 1910)
• species schultzei (Shelford, 1912)
• species sexpustulata (Walker, 1871)
• species variabilis Princis, 1962
• species voeltzkowi (Saussure, 1899)
• species weileri (Shelford, 1908)
• species yemenica (Bey-Bienko, 1969)
• genus Periplaneta Burmeister, 1838
• synonym Cacerlaca Saussure, 1864
• synonym Paramethana Shelford, 1909
• synonym Shelfordella Adelung, 1910
• species aboriginea Roth, 1994
• species affinis Saussure, 1869
• species americana (Linnaeus, 1758)
• species arabica (Bey-Bienko, 1938)
• species arisanica Shiraki, 1931
• species atemeleta Princis, 1966
• species atrata Bey-Bienko, 1969
• species atricollis Saussure, 1899
• species australasiae (Fabricius, 1775)
• species australis (MacLeay, 1827)
• species banksi Hanitsch, 1931
• species basedowi Tepper, 1904
• species benzoni Princis, 1951
• species bicolor Shelford, 1908
• species blattoides Hanitsch, 1933
• species brunnea Burmeister, 1838
• species capeneri Princis, 1963
• species caudata Bey-Bienko, 1969
• species ceylonica Karny, 1908
• species constricta Bey-Bienko, 1969
• species cylindrica (Thunberg, 1826)
• species diamesa Bey-Bienko, 1954
• species ebneri Princis, 1951
• species elegans Hanitsch, 1927
• species ferreirae Princis, 1963
• species fictor Princis, 1966
• species floweri Hanitsch, 1931
• species formosana Karny, 1915
• species fuliginosa Serville, 1838
• species fulva Bey-Bienko, 1969
• species gajajimana Komatsu, Iio & Ooi, 2021
• species indica Karny, 1908
• species japanna Asahina, 1969
• species japonica Karny, 1908
• species kijimuna Yanagisawa, Ohgita & Komatsu, 2021
• species lata (Herbst, 1786)
• species lateralis Walker, 1868
• species lebedinskii Adelung, 1903
• species liui Bey-Bienko, 1957
• species malaica Karny, 1908
• species media Chopard, 1938
• species methanoides Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898
• species monochroma Walker, 1871
• species nigra Princis, 1966
• species nitida (Bolívar, 1890)
• species panfilovi Bey-Bienko, 1969
• species quadrinotata Princis, 1950
• species regina Saussure, 1864
• species robusta (Shelford, 1909)
• species savignyi Krauss, 1890
• species semenovi Bey-Bienko, 1950
• species spinosostylata Krauss, 1902
• species stygia Shelford, 1909
• species sublobata Bey-Bienko, 1969
• species suzukii Asahina, 1977
• species svenhedini Hanitsch, 1933
• species valida Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
• species vosseleri Shelford, 1908
• genus Protagonista Shelford, 1908
• species lugubris Shelford, 1908
• species pertristis Hanitsch, 1923
• genus Pseudoderopeltis Krauss, 1890
• synonym Metablatta Princis, 1947
• species abbreviata Princis, 1963
• species adelungi Werner, 1907
• species aethiopica (Saussure, 1864)
• species albilatera (Stål, 1856)
• species anthracina (Brancsik, 1896)
• species areolata Rehn, 1922
• species bicolor (Thunberg, 1810)
• species bimaculata (Walker, 1868)
• species brevicollis (Serville, 1838)
• species brunneriana (Schulthess, 1898)
• species caffra (Stål, 1856)
• species conspersipennis Adelung, 1905
• species diluta (Stål, 1856)
• species dimidiata (Walker, 1868)
• species discrepans Adelung, 1903
• species dispar Princis, 1963
• species flavescens Krauss, 1890
• species foveolata (Walker, 1868)
• species fulvornata Shelford, 1910
• species gaerdesi Princis, 1963
• species gildessa Adelung, 1903
• species granulifera Krauss, 1890
• species guttata (Saussure, 1895)
• species homoeogamia Princis, 1963
• species inermis Princis, 1963
• species jeanneli Chopard, 1938
• species juncea (Saussure, 1864)
• species lepineyi Hanitsch, 1934
• species megaloptera Rehn, 1922
• species microthorax Chopard, 1938
• species montana Princis, 1963
• species morosa Shelford, 1911
• species neavei Princis, 1963
• species orba (Stål, 1856)
• species petrophila Shelford, 1910
• species prorsa Shelford, 1908
• species rothschildi (Shelford, 1907)
• species ruandensis Princis, 1955
• species saussurei Adelung, 1903
• species simulans Princis, 1951
• species spectabilis Adelung, 1905
• species termitoides Rehn, 1922
• species transvaalensis Rehn, 1922
• species unicolor Chopard, 1945
• species versicolor Princis, 1962
• genus Scabinopsis Bey-Bienko, 1969
• species yunnanea Bey-Bienko, 1969
• genus Thyrsocera Burmeister, 1838
• species pulchra Princis, 1966
• species punctata Princis, 1966
• species spectabilis Burmeister, 1838

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