Ectobiidae

Wood cockroaches

Loboptera decipiens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Subclass:	Pterygota
Infraclass:	Neoptera
Superorder:	Dictyoptera
Order:	Blattodea
Superfamily:	Blaberoidea
Family:	Ectobiidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
Genera
Balta Tepper, 1893^[1] Blattella Caudell, 1903^[2] Cariblatta Hebard, 1916^[1] Chorisoneura Brunner, 1865^[1] Ectobius Stephens, 1835^[3] Euthlastoblatta Hebard, 1916^[1] Nyctibora Burmeister, 1838^[4] Ischnoptera Burmeister, 1838^[2] Latiblatella Hebard, 1917^[1] Lobopterella Princis, 1957^[2] Neoblatella Brunner, 1865^[1] Parcoblatta Shellford, 1911^[2] Plectoptera Saussure, 1864^[1] Pseudomops Serville, 1831^[2] Saltoblattella gen. nov. 2009^[5] Supella Shelford, 1911^[1] Symploce Hebard, 1916^[2] Temnopteryx
Synonyms
Phyllodromiidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 Plectopterinae McKittrick, 1964 Blattellidae Karny, 1908

Ectobiidae (formerly Blattellidae) is a family of the order Blattodea (cockroaches). This family contains many of the smaller common household pest cockroaches, among others. They are sometimes called wood cockroaches.^[6] A few of the species include:

German cockroach Blattella germanica
Asian cockroach Blattella asahinai
Brown-banded cockroach Supella longipalpa
Pennsylvania woods cockroach Parcoblatta pennsylvanica
Virginia wood cockroach Parcoblatta virginica
Fulvous wood cockroach Parcoblatta fulvescens
Small yellow cockroach Cariblatta lutea

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Pseudophyllodromiinae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Blattellinae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
↑ "Ectobiinae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
↑ "Nyctiborinae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
↑ Bohn, H.; Picker, M.; Klass, K.-D.; Colville, J. (2010). "A jumping cockroach from South Africa, Saltoblattella montistabularis, gen. nov., spec. nov. (Blattodea: Blattellidae)" (PDF). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. Senckenberg Gesellschaft. 68 (1): 53–69. ISSN 1864-8312. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
↑ "Blattellidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 December 2013.

Cockroaches
Families	Blaberidae Blattidae Corydiidae Cryptocercidae Ectobiidae Lamproblattidae Nocticolidae Tryonicidae
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Other	Cockroach racing Depopulation in post-Soviet states Cockroach plant Nadezhda

Extant Blattodea families

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Dictyoptera

Corydioidea

Blaberoidea

Blattoidea

Xylophagodea

Cryptocercidae (brown-hooded cockroaches)
Termitoidae (termites)	Mastotermitidae (giant northern termite) Termopsidae (dampwood termites) Hodotermitidae (harvester termites) Kalotermitidae Rhinotermitidae Serritermitidae Termitidae

Classification is based on Inward et al. (2007). Italic are paraphyletic groups.

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Ectobiidae

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