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Blattella

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Description

Blattella is a genus of cosmopolitan and wild cockroaches in the family Ectobiidae.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blattella, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1997136	https://www.gbif.org/species/1997136
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	216686	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=216686

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Ectobiidae : Blattella

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Ectobiidae : Blattella

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
-	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
-	Polyneoptera	Martynov 1938
superorder	Dictyoptera	Latreille 1829
order	Blattodea	(Latreille 1810)
superfamily	Blaberoidea	Saussure 1864
family	Ectobiidae
subfamily	Blattellinae
genus	Blattella	Caudell 1903

Scientific Name

Blattella Caudell, 1903

Name Published In

Proceedings entomol. Soc. Washington, 5: 234

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Blattella	genus	belongs to Blattellidae	stated with evidence	Vršanský, 2008

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (7.1%)

First Recorded Appearance

99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Type Specimen

Blatta germanica Linnaeus, 1767

Designated By

Caudell. 1903. 688

Type Information Source

Cockroach Species File

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

A. N. Caudell. 1903. Notes on the nomenclature of Blattidae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 5:232-234

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blattella

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Blattella aegrota species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella armata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella asahinai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella barthi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella belli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella biligata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella bioculata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella bisignata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella brevicauda species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella campbelli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella cavernicola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella chadwicki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella confusa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella coveri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella dethieri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella ednae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella eisneri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella fiski species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella flora species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella formosana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella germanica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella guineensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella humbertiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella inexpectata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella infuscata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella interlineata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella karnyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella kevani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella lamotteana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella lecarmata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella lecordieri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella lengleti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Blattella lindbergi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella litoricollis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella lituricollis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella lobiventris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella longstaffi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella meridionalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella nigromarginata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella nipponica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella padmanabhani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella parenthesis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella parvula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella peruana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella portalensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella punctifrons species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella radicifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella richardsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella roederi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella rossi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella sauteri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella simillima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella singularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella sjoestedi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella sordida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella subvittata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella teressensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella vaga species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella vrijdaghi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blattella whartoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Phyllodromia antiqua ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Phyllodromia baltica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Phyllodromia furcifera ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Phyllodromia germari ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Phyllodromia klebsi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Phyllodromia latissima ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Phyllodromia lorenzmeyeri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Phyllodromia praecursor ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0.01 Ma Pleistocene
Phyllodromia pristina ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Phyllodromia tenacula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Phyllodromia woodwardi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0.01 Ma Pleistocene
Phyllodromia yolanda ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Thamnodromyia Bigot, 1889	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Ectobiidae : *Thamnodromyia*
Phyllodromya Rondani, 1856	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Ectobiidae : *Phyllodromya*
Blatta Serville, 1831	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Ectobiidae : *Blatta*
Phyllodromia Serville, 1838	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Ectobiidae : *Phyllodromia*
Blatella	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Ectobiidae : *Blatella*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1838	Phyllodromia Serville
1903	Blattella Caudell p. 234
2008	Blattella Vršanský p. 216

References

Caudell A. N. (1903) Notes on the nomenclature of Blattidae, Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 5, 232-234

Vršanský P. (2008) Mesozoic relative of the common synanthropic German cockroach (Blattodea), Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 55, 215-221

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds., 1997: Blattodea. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America: vol. 4: Non-Holometabolous Orders. 31-39. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Gutiérrez, Esteban, and Frank W. Fisk, 1998: Annotated checklist of Puerto Rican cockroaches. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, vol. 124. 333-354. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, 5 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

blattodea.speciesfile.org/ (Oct 2010) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Smithers, 1998 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Fauna Europaea (2007) Nätversion. http://www.faunaeur.org - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Caudell. 1903. 234 - via Cockroach Species File

Princis. 1969. In Beier [Ed.]. Blattariae: Subordo Epilamproidea. Fam.: Blattellidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus, W. Junk, s'Gravenhage(13):806 - via Cockroach Species File

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1231 Blatta germanica Linnaeus, 1767 (Insecta, Dictuoptera): conserved and designated as type species of Blattella Caudell, 1903.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 39, 243-246 (1982) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

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