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Blattodea Latreille, 1810

Cockroaches and termites

Nomenclature (10)

  • Blattodea Latreille, 1810: 244.
  • Blattodea Latreille, 1810 in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882: 26.
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  • Blattodea Latreille, 1810 in Li, 2024: 618-632. Classification; Fossils/Fossil History
  • Blattodea Latreille, 1810 in Evangelista, Nelson, Kotyková Varadínová, Kotyk, Rousseaux, Shanahan, Grandcolas & Legendre, 2024: 1-12. Phylogeny

Nomenclature references (9)

  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1882) In Prodromus der Europäischen Orthopteren. W. Engelmann, Leipzig. 466 pp.
  • Evangelista, D.A., Nelson, D., Kotyková Varadínová, Z., Kotyk, M., Rousseaux, N., Shanahan, T., Grandcolas, P. & Legendre, F. (2024) Phylogenomic analyses of Blattodea combining traditional methods, incremental tree-building, and quality-aware support. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 200, 108177: 12 pages. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108177
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  • Evangelista, D.A., Wipfler, B., Béthoux, O., Donath, A., Fujita, M., Kohli, M.K., Legendre, F., Liu, S., Machida, R., Misof, B., Peters, R.S., Podsiadlowski, L., Rust, J., Schuette, K., Tollenaar, W., Ware, J.L., Wappler, T., Zhou, X., Meusemann, K. & Simon, S. (2019) An integrative phylogenomic approach illuminates the evolutionary history of cockroaches and termites (Blattodea). Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 286(20182076), 1–9. Available at http://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspb.2018.2076
  • Latreille, P.A. (1810) In Considérations générales sur l'ordre naturel des animaux composant les classes des crustacés, des arachnides, et des insectes; avec un tableau méthodique de leurs genres, disposés en familles. F. Schoell, Paris. 1–444 pp.
  • Laurentiaux, D. (1959) La reproduction chez les Insectes blattaires du Carbonifère: facteurs du panchronisme et classification naturelle de l’ordre. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, S7-I, 759–766. [in French]
  • Li, X.-R. (2022) Phylogeny and age of cockroaches: a reanalysis of mitogenomes with selective fossil calibrations. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 69(1), 1–18.
  • Li, X.-R. (2024) Classifying Cockroaches According to Forewings: Pitfalls and Implications for Fossil Systematics. Taxonomy, 4(3), 618–632. https://doi.org/10.3390/taxonomy4030031
  • Takov, D., Ostoich, P., Zubrik, M. & Pilarska, D. (2022) Immune and defense mechanisms in representatives of Blattodea and Orthoptera: a review. Polish Journal of Entomology, 91(1), 33–49.
  • Wappler, T. & Vršanský, P. (2021) Cockroaches: masters of ancient non-aquatic ecosystems – Editorial. Paleontographica Abteilung A: Palaozoologie-Stratigraphie, 321(1-6), 1–2.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
order1012
suborder2103
infraorder2024
parvorder2002
nanorder4015
superfamily2619
epifamily3003
family29383299
subfamily67131797
tribe320234
genus8583364161610
subgenus5921879
supersuperspecies1012
superspecies330437
species8083939562714649
subspecies1930194387