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Blattodea Latreille, 1810

Cockroaches and termites

Nomenclature (8)

  • 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 (8)

  • 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: 9 pages. 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.
  • 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.

Descendants and synonyms

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Valid names
RankExtantFossilInvalid Total
order1001
suborder0202
nanorder2013
superfamily45211
epifamily3003
family15251151
subfamily3921051
tribe320436
genus5442552511050
subgenus3801755
superspecies240428
species506070133589119
subspecies1250146271