Blaberidae

Australian wood cockroach Panesthia cribrata, from Brisbane Insects.

Belongs within: Blattaria.
Contains: Derocalymma.

The Blaberidae are a diverse group of often stout, slow-moving cockroaches. In most species, the ootheca is retracted into a uterus after formation and nymphs are borne after hatching (Roth 1991).

Characters (from Rentz 1996): Size medium to large. Antenna usually less than half body length. Legs short, stout, generally smooth. Cerci short, sometimes unsegmented, seldom reaching hind margin of supra-anal plate. Male styles present or absent; hood-like genital phallomeres on right side, median phallomere rod-like. Female with extensible brood sac or atrium.

<==Blaberidae [Panchloridae]
    |  i. s.: Gromphadorhina V10
    |           |--G. laevigata MG06
    |           `--G. portentosa (Schaum 1853) V10
    |         Thorax porcellana Saussure 1862 V10
    |         Phlebonotus pallens (Serville 1831) V10
    |         Oulopteryx RD77
    |         Rhyparobia maderae (Fabr. 1781) [=Blatta maderae] K00
    |         Gyna caffrorum (Stål 1856) (see below for synonymy) K00
    |--Parasphaeria [Zetoborinae] GE05
    |    `--P. boleiriana GE05
    |--Pycnoscelus [Pycnoscelidae, Pycnoscelinae] R91
    |    |--P. indicus R91
    |    `--P. surinamensis R91
    |--Diploptera V10 [Diplopterinae R91]
    |    |--D. dytiscoides WL09
    |    `--D. punctata Erschscholz 1822 V10
    |--Panchlora V10 [Panchlorinae R18]
    |    |--P. bidentula Hebard 1916 R18
    |    |--P. exoleta Burmeister 1838 R18
    |    `--P. thalassina R15
    |--Oxyhaloinae [Chorisoneuridae] R96
    |    |--Nauphoeta R96
    |    |    |--*N. grisea K00
    |    |    |--N. aspersata Kirby 1900 K00
    |    |    |--N. cinerea R96
    |    |    `--N. circumvagans K00
    |    |--Paraneuphoeta rufipes R96
    |    |--Chorisoneura R18
    |    |    |--C. minuta R15
    |    |    |--C. parishi Rehn 1918 R18
    |    |    `--C. texensis BM76
    |    `--Oxyhaloa deusta (Thunb. 1822) (see below for synonymy) K00
    |--Blaberinae R15
    |    |--Monastria biguttata R15
    |    |--Blaptica dubia R15
    |    `--Blaberus WL09
    |         |--B. craniifer WL09
    |         |--B. discoidalis TC01
    |         |--B. giganteus RD77
    |         `--B. piracicabensis S96
    |--Panesthiinae R96
    |    |--Salganea V10 [Salganeini R96]
    |    |--Ancaudellia serratissima R91, A50
    |    |--Hemipanesthia M70
    |    `--Panesthia [Panesthiini] R96
    |         |--P. angustipennis A50
    |         |--P. australis R96
    |         |--P. cribrata R96
    |         |--P. laevicollis R91
    |         `--P. tryoni S01
    |--Epilamprinae R96
    |    |--Neolaxta R96
    |    |--Ataxigamia tatei R96, R91
    |    |--Rhabdoblatta R96
    |    |--Molytria inquinata R96
    |    |--Pseudocalolampra R91
    |    |--Calolampra R96
    |    |    |--C. aspera MC13
    |    |    `--C. irrorata R96
    |    |--Laxta R96 [incl. Oniscosoma M70]
    |    |    |--L. friedmani R96
    |    |    `--L. granicollis R96 [=Oniscosoma granicollis T61]
    |    `--Epilampra R91
    |         |--E. conspersa Burmeister 1838 R18
    |         |--E. grisea (DeGeer 1773) [=Blatta grisea; incl. E. lucifuga Rehn 1903] R18
    |         |--E. pardalina Walk. 1868 K00
    |         |--E. stigmatiphora R15
    |         `--E. verticalis R15
    |--Geoscapheinae V10
    |    |--Macropanesthia R96
    |    |    |--M. monteithi S96
    |    |    `--M. rhinoceros R96
    |    |--Parapanesthia R96
    |    |    |--P. gigantea R96
    |    |    `--P. pearsoni S96
    |    |--Neogeoscapheus R96
    |    |    |--N. barbarae S96
    |    |    |--N. dahmsi S96
    |    |    `--N. hirsutus S96
    |    `--Geoscapheus R96
    |         |--G. crenulatus S96
    |         |    |--G. c. crenulatus S96
    |         |    `--G. c. fraserensis S96
    |         |--G. dilatatus R96
    |         |--G. robustus R91
    |         `--G. rugulosus S96
    `--Perisphaeriinae [Perisphaeriidae] BP10
         |--Perisphaerus Serville 1831 V10
         |--Cyrtotria Stål 1871 BP10
         |    `--C. scabra (Walk. 1868) [=Perisphaeria scabra] K00
         |--Bantua Shelford 1908 BP10
         |--Pilema Saussure 1873 BP10
         |    |--P. saussurei Kirby 1900 K00
         |    `--P. thoracica (Walk. 1868) [=Perisphaeria thoracica; incl. Pi. hebetata Sauss. 1895] K00
         |--Hormetica G37
         |--Antioquita G37
         |--Litopeltis G37
         |--Acroporoblatta Hebard 1919 G37
         |--Galiblatta G37
         |--Colapteroblatta G37
         |--Styphon G37
         |--Compsagis Chopard 1952 BP10
         |    `--C. lesnei (Chopard 1952) V10
         |--Nauclidas Rehn 1930 G37
         |    `--N. nigra (Brunner 1892) (see below for synonymy) G37
         |--Poroblatta Hebard 1919 G37
         |    |--*P. cylindrica hebard 1919 G37
         |    |--P. apatela G37
         |    |--P. bicolor Gurney 1937 G37
         |    |--P. caudelli Gurney 1937 G37
         |    `--P. pluto G37
         |--Eustegasta K00
         |    |--E. obsoleta Kirby 1900 K00
         |    `--E. poecila (Schaum 1853) [=Panchlora poecila] K00
         |--Gynopeltis K00
         |    |--G. cryptospila (Walk. 1868) [=Polyphaga cryptospila] K00
         |    `--G. discoidalis (Brunn. 1865) [=Perisphaeria discoidalis] K00
         |--Elliptoblatta uniformis Kirby 1900 K00
         |--Pronaonota cribrosa Sauss. 1895 K00
         |--Stenopilema K00
         |    |--S. capucina K00
         |    |--S. cylindrica (Walk. 1868) [=Perisphaeria cylindrica] K00
         |    `--S. pallicornis Kirby 1900 K00
         |--Derocalymma K00
         `--Hostilis proterva (Stål 1856) [=Blatta proterva, Phyllodromia proterva] K00

Gyna caffrorum (Stål 1856) [=Panchlora caffrorum; incl. Epilampra conspicua Walk. 1869, P. scripta Walk. 1869] K00

Nauclidas nigra (Brunner 1892) [=Parasphaeria nigra, Poroblatta nigra; incl. Perasphaeria (l. c. for Parasphaeria) rufipes Brunner 1892, Po. rufipes] G37

Oxyhaloa deusta (Thunb. 1822) [=Blatta deusta, Proscratea deusta; incl. P. fulviceps Burm. 1839, Oxyhaloa fulviceps, Nauphoeta ruficeps Walk. 1868, Ischnoptera ruficeps, N. signifrons Walk. 1868] K00

*Type species of generic name indicated

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Last updated: 21 May 2022.