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IRMNG taxon details

Blattodea

10939  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:10939)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Hexapoda (Subphylum)
  5. Insecta (Class)
  6. Blattodea (Order)
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882
accepted
Order
Alienoptera † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Isoptera · unaccepted (No longer recognised at order...)  
No longer recognised at order level, currently treated as rank lower than superfamily ("epifamily")

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  1. Family Acadelytridae Durden, 1972 †
  2. Family Acmaeoblattidae Durden, 1969 †
  3. Family Adeloblattidae Durden, 1969 †
  4. Family Alienopteridae Bai, Beutel, Klass, Wipfler & Zhang in Bai et al., 2016 †
  5. Family Ambloblattidae †
  6. Family Anacompsidae Princis, 1960 †
  7. Family Anaplectidae Walker, 1868
  8. Family Antemylacridae Durden, 1972 †
  9. Family Anthracoblattinidae Durden, 1969 †
  10. Family Araripeblattidae Martins-Neto, de Oliveira Assis & Tassi, 2010 †
  11. Family Arceotermitidae Engel, 2021 †
  12. Family Archimylacridae Handlirsch, 1906 †
  13. Family Archotermopsidae Engel, Grimaldi & Krishna, 2009 †
  14. Family Argentinoblattidae Martins-Neto & Gallego in Martins-Neto, Mancuso & Gallego, 2005 †
  15. Family Asiopompidae Sharov, 1961 †
  16. Family Attaphilidae Bolivar, 1901 †
  17. Family Auroridae Vršanský & Kováčová, 2024 †
  18. Genus Balatronis Šmídová & Lei, 2017
  19. Family Blaberidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
  20. Family Blattidae Latreille, 1810
  21. Family Blattodea incertae sedis †
  22. Family Blattoidea incertae sedis
  23. Family Blattulidae Vishnyokova, 1982 †
  24. Family Bradyblattidae †
  25. Family Caloblattinidae Vršanský & Ansorge in Vršanský, 2000
  26. Family Caloblattinoidea incertae sedis †
  27. Family Chorisoneuridae
  28. Family Cobaloblattidae †
  29. Family Compsodidae Beier, 1961
  30. Family Corydiidae Saussure, 1864
  31. Family Cratomastotermitidae Bechly, 2007 †
  32. Family Cryptocercidae Handlirsch in Schröder, 1925
  33. Family Delpuenteblattidae Martins-Neto & Gallego, 2007 †
  34. Family Diaphanacridae Durden, 1972 †
  35. Family Diechoblattinidae †
  36. Family Dinoblattidae Durden, 1969 †
  37. Family Eadiidae Vršanský, 2009 †
  38. Family Ectobiidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
  39. Family Ensiferoblattidae Li & Huang, 2023 †
  40. Family Eoblattidae Handlirsch, 1906 †
  41. Family Epilampridae
  42. Family Eucaenidae Handlirsch, 1906 †
  43. Family Euisoptera incertae sedis †
  44. Family Euthyrrhaphidae Handlirsch, 1925 †
  45. Family Fractaliidae Vršanský & Hinkelman, 2021 †
  46. Family Fulgorinidae Durden, 1969 †
  47. Family Fuziidae Vršanský, Ling & Ren, ‎2009 †
  48. Family Gerapompidae Handlirsch, 1906 †
  49. Family Gyroblattidae Durden, 1969 †
  50. Family Hemimylacridae †
  51. Family Herdinidae Carpenter & Richardson, 1972 †
  52. Family Heterotermitidae Froggatt, 1897
  53. Family Hodotermitidae Desneux, 1904
  54. Family Hodotermopsidae Engel, 2021
  55. Family Holocompsidae Handlirsch, 1925 †
  56. Family Homoeogamiidae Handlirsch, 1925 †
  57. Family Idiomylacridae Handlirsch, 1906 †
  58. Family Isoptera incertae sedis †
  59. Family Kalotermitidae Froggatt, 1897
  60. Family Lamproblattidae McKittrick, 1964
  61. Family Latiblattidae Vishniakova, 1968 †
  62. Family Latindiidae Handlirsch, 1925 †
  63. Family Liberiblattinidae Vršanský, 2002 †
  64. Family Lovecidae Vršanský, 2024 †
  65. Family Lygobiidae Mitchell, 1908 †
  66. Family Mancusoblattidae Martins-Neto & Gallego in Martins-Neto, Mancuso & Gallego, 2005 †
  67. Family Manipulatoridae Vršanský & Bechly, 2015 †
  68. Family Mastotermitidae Desneux, 1904
  69. Family Melinophlebiidae Durden, 1969 †
  70. Family Mesoblattinidae Handlirsch, 1906 †
  71. Family Mesorthopteridae Tillyard, 1922 †
  72. Family Micropalentomidae Schmidt, 1962 †
  73. Family Mutoviidae Vršanský & Aristov, 2012 †
  74. Family Mylacridae Scudder, 1886 †
  75. Family Necymylacridae Durden, 1969 †
  76. Family Neorthroblattinidae Handlirsch, 1906 †
  77. Family Nocticolidae Bolívar, 1892
  78. Family Nyctiboridae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
  79. Family Olidae Vršanský & Wang, 2017 †
  80. Family Operamidae Vršanský, 2024 †
  81. Family Orthomylacridae †
  82. Family Oulopterygidae Rehn, 1951
  83. Family Pabuonqedidae Vršanský in Vršanský et al., 2019 †
  84. Family Palaeoblattidae Cockerell, 1927 †
  85. Family Paucineuridae Hong, 1980 †
  86. Family Permarrhaphidae Martynov, 1930 †
  87. Family Petrablattinidae Durden, 1969 †
  88. Family Phoberoblattidae Durden, 1969 †
  89. Family Phyloblattidae Schneider, 1983 †
  90. Family Ponopterixidae Nel, Prokop, Grandcolas, Garrouste, Lapeyrie, Legendre, Anisyutkin & Kirejtshuk, 2014 †
  91. Family Poroblattinidae Handlirsch, 1906 †
  92. Family Protophasmidae Scudder, 1885 †
  93. Family Psammotermitidae Holmgren, 1911
  94. Family Pseudaphtoromylacridae Santos, Mcloughlin, Mottequin, Robin & Nel, 2025 †
  95. Family Pseudophyllodromiidae
  96. Family Pteridomylacridae Handlirsch, 1906 †
  97. Family Pycnoscelidae
  98. Family Raphidiomimidae Vishniakova, 1973 †
  99. Family Rhinotermitidae Froggatt, 1897
  100. Family Rhipidoblattinidae Rohdendorf, 1949 †
  101. Family Schizoblattidae Durden, 1969 †
  102. Family Serritermitidae Holmgren, 1910
  103. Family Skokidae Vršanský, 2007 †
  104. Family Socialidae Vršanský, 2010 †
  105. Family Spiloblattinidae Handlirsch, 1906 †
  106. Family Stenoneuridae Handlirsch, 1906 †
  107. Family Stolotermitidae Holmgren, 1910
  108. Family Stylotermitidae Holmgren & Holmgren, 1917
  109. Family Subioblattidae Schneider, 1983 †
  110. Family Tanytermitidae Engel, 2021 †
  111. Family Teneopteridae Richardson, 1956 †
  112. Family Termitidae Latreille, 1802
  113. Family Termitogetonidae Holmgren, 1910
  114. Family Termopsidae
  115. Family Thereidae Princis, 1950 †
  116. Family Tiviidae Rehn, 1960 †
  117. Family Triassoblattidae Durden, 1969 †
  118. Family Tryonicidae McKittrick & Mackerras, 1965
  119. Family Umenocoleidae Chen & Tian, 1973 †
  120. Family Xenoblattidae †
  121. Family Archimylacrididae Handlirsch, 1906 † accepted as Archimylacridae Handlirsch, 1906 †
  122. Family Archoblattinidae † accepted as Mylacridae Scudder, 1886 †
  123. Family Ardimylacridae † accepted as Archimylacridae Handlirsch, 1906 †
  124. Family Blatellidae accepted as Ectobiidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 (misspelling (of Blatellidae))
  125. Family Blattellidae Karny, 1908 accepted as Ectobiidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 (junior subjective synonym)
  126. Family Blattidae Bey-Bienko, 1950 accepted as Blaberidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
  127. Family Compsoblattidae Schneider, 1978 †
  128. Family Compsoblattinidae † accepted as Spiloblattinidae Handlirsch, 1906 †
  129. Family Gynopeltidae Princis, 1960 accepted as Blaberidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
  130. Family Gynopeltididae Princis, 1963 accepted as Blaberidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
  131. Family Heterogamidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 accepted as Corydiidae Saussure, 1864
  132. Family Mylacrididae Scudder, 1886 † accepted as Mylacridae Scudder, 1886 †
  133. Family Polyphagidae Walker, 1868 accepted as Corydiidae Saussure, 1864 (junior subjective synonym)
  134. Family Blattodea (awaiting allocation) (temporary name)
  135. Family Isoptera (awaiting allocation) (temporary name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Not documented
IRMNG (2025). Blattodea. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=10939 on 2026-01-19
Date
action
by
2010-05-31 22:00:00Z
created
Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
changed
Rees, Tony
2017-04-07 22:26:17Z
changed
Rees, Tony

additional source Beccaloni, G.; Eggleton, P. (2013). Order Blattodea. <em>In</em>: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3703(1): 46-48., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.10 [details] 

current name source Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). A higher level classification of all living organisms. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 10(4): e0119248., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119248 [details] 

original description (of Alienoptera †) Bai, M.; Beutel, R. G.; Klass, K.-D.; Zhang, W.; Yang, X.; Wipfler, B. (2016). †Alienoptera — A new insect order in the roach–mantodean twilight zone. <em>Gondwana Research.</em> 39: 317-326., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2016.02.002 [details] 
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To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Alienoptera †)
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