Corydioidea
| Corydioidea | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Polyphaga pellucida in the Saint Petersburg Zoological Museum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Superfamily: | Corydioidea |
Corydioidea is a superfamily of insects in the order Blattodea, the cockroaches and termites. It contains two families, Corydiidae and Nocticolidae, comprising about fifty genera and two hundred and fifty species.[1][2] Members of this superfamily are found worldwide, mostly in hot, arid habitats.[3]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G. W.; Eggleton, P. (2011). "Order Blattodea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882". In Zhang, Z.-Q. Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa. pp. 199–200.
- ↑ Integrated Taxonomic Information System entry
- ↑ "Superfamily Corydioidea". BugGuide. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
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