Biology:Anaplectidae

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Short description: Family of cockroaches

Anaplectidae
Anaplecta hemiscotia.jpg
Anaplecta hemiscotia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Superfamily: Blattoidea
Epifamily: Blattoidae
Family: Anaplectidae
Walker, 1868

Anaplectidae is a family of cockroaches in the order Blattodea. Previously placed as a subfamily of the Ectobiidae there are presently (2020) two genera and more than 90 described species in Anaplectidae. [1][2]

Anaplecta fallax (Anaplecta sp.)

Genera

These two genera belong to the family Anaplectidae:

  • Anaplecta Burmeister, 1838
  • Maraca Hebard, 1926

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.W. (2019). "Cockroach species file online, Version 5.0". http://cockroach.speciesfile.org/. Retrieved 2020-07-20. 
  2. Beccaloni, George; Eggleton, Paul (2013). "Order Blattodea. In: Zhang Z-Q (ed) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classif. and survey of taxonomic richness (Addenda 2013)". Zootaxa 3703 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.10. ISBN 978-1-86977-849-1. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q85741487 entry