Periplanetta americana Photograph courtesy of Hamish Robertson, South African Museum

The Cockroaches (Blattodea) of South Africa

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Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Resources
  3. The Families
  4. References

Photograph courtesy of Hamish Robertson, South African Museum

Introduction

The cockroaches of South Africa are currently classified into three families. They were last revised half a century ago, in German.

Resources

Information about the Blattodea and their phylogenetic position can be obtained from

BIOSIS Internet Resource Guide - Blattodea
Gordon Ramel's Cockroach Page
The Blattaria page of The Tree of Life
The Cockroach Page

Order: BLATTODEA

Superfamily: Blattoidea
Blattidae
Superfamily: Blaberoidea
Blatellidae
Blaberidae

References



This part of A Catalogue of South African Insects revised: