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Blattodea Species File
Order

Blattodea Latreille, 1810

Cockroaches and termites

Nomenclature (10)

  • Blattodea Latreille, 1810: 244.
  • Blattodea Latreille, 1810 in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882: 26.
  • 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)

  • 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.
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1882) In Prodromus der Europäischen Orthopteren. W. Engelmann, Leipzig. 466 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]
  • 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
  • Wappler, T. & Vršanský, P. (2021) Cockroaches: masters of ancient non-aquatic ecosystems – Editorial. Paleontographica Abteilung A: Palaozoologie-Stratigraphie, 321(1-6), 1–2.
  • Li, X.-R. (2022) Phylogeny and age of cockroaches: a reanalysis of mitogenomes with selective fossil calibrations. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 69(1), 1–18.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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

Other references (0)

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Order1012
Suborder2002
Infraorder2024
Parvorder2002
Nanorder4015
Superfamily2619
Epifamily3003
Family28383399
Subfamily67121695
Tribe320335
Genus8563374341627
Subgenus6612188
Supersuperspecies1012
Superspecies330437
Species81041035580914948
Subspecies1970196393