Nocticolidae

Nocticolidae

Spelaeoblatta gestroi'
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Blattodea
Family:	Nocticolidae
Genera
Alluaudellina Chopard, 1932 Cardacopsis Karny, 1924 Cardacus Strand, 1928 Metanocticola Roth, 1999 Nocticola Bolívar, 1892 Pholeosilpha Chopard, 1958 Spelaeoblatta Bolívar, 1897 Typhloblatta Chopard, 1924 Typhloblattodes Chopard, 1946

Nocticolidae is a small family in the order Blattodea (cockroaches). It consists of only 32 known species in 9 genera. They are found in Africa, Asia and Australia. Most live in cave habitats, although a few are associated with termites.

Sources

Blattodea Species File: Nocticolidae

Cockroach

Families

Blaberidae
- Blaberus
- Panchlora
Blattellidae
- Parcoblatta
- Temnopteryx
Blattidae
- Blatta
- Polyzosteria
Polyphagidae
- Euthyrrhapha
- Holocompsa
Nocticolidae

In popular
culture

Film	Bug Twilight of the Cockroaches Joe's Apartment Damnation Alley

Literature	Archy and Mehitabel The Revolt of the Cockroach People Cockroach Cooties The Exterminators The Passion According to G.H. Iran newspaper cockroach cartoon controversy Cockroach

Other	"La Cucaracha" Shinbone Alley (film) The Cockroach "War of the Coprophages" Bad Mojo Freaky Stories Oggy and the Cockroaches

Other topics

Extant Blattodea families

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

Polyphagoidea

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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