Blattellinae

Blattellinae
Blattella germanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Dictyoptera
Order: Blattodea
Superfamily: Blaberoidea
Family: Blattellidae
Subfamily: Blattellinae

Blattellinae is a subfamily of the cockroach family Blattellidae. It includes the global household pest Blattella germanica, the German cockroach.[1] It contains six genera:

Saltoblattella, which contains the single species Saltoblattella montistabularis, was described in 2009 and preliminarily placed in the Blattellinae subfamily, although its position within the family Blattellidae was not clear.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Berenbaum, May (1989). Ninety-nine Gnats, Nits, and Nibblers. University of Illinois Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-252-06027-4.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Blattellinae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
  3. 1 2 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.
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