DICTYOPTERA
(cockroaches)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
BLATTELLIDAE
a family of cockroaches
Male (Click to open)
 		Family 3 subtaxa 93 images 2 ident. refs
BLATTIDAE
cockroaches
Family 1 subtaxa 3 ident. refs
Periplaneta
a genus of cockroaches
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderDICTYOPTERA (cockroaches)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Eversham, B. & Prunier, F. 2007 Identifying grasshoppers, crickets and allies in Beds, Cambs and Northants. http://www.wildlifebcnp.org/ecology-resources.htm
() Marshall, J.A. & Haes, E.C.M. 1988 Grasshoppers and allied Insects of Great Britain and Ireland 252pp, Harley Books
Ragge, D.R. 1973 The British Orthoptera: a supplement Ent. Gazette Vol 23, No 3: 227-245.
() Ragge, D.R. 1965 *** Grasshoppers, Crickets & Cockroaches of the British Isles ***(Superseded) Wayside and Woodland Series, 299pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Sutton, P., Beckmann, B. & Roy, H. Orthoptera and allied insects species.orthoptera.org.uk/default.aspx

Stored Product Pests

Mound, L. (ed) 1989 Common Insects of Stored Products: a guide to their identification Economic Series, No 15, Seventh Edition edition, 68pp, British Museum (Natural History)

DICTYOPTERA (cockroaches) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for DICTYOPTERA (cockroaches)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 9 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for DICTYOPTERA (cockroaches)
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