Blaberidae - Animalia
WEBGiant cockroaches, or blaberids (family Blaberidae), are the second-largest cockroach family by number of species. Mostly distributed in warmer climates worldwide, this family is based on the American genus Blaberus, but much of …
Blaberidae Family
WEBBlaberidae is the second largest family of cockroaches worldwide, although Australia has few species. Many species such as Geoscapheus dilatatus are adapted for burrowing in soil, having robust body shapes and short powerful legs.
Blaberidae | insect family | Britannica
WEBThe family Blattidae contains several common household cockroaches. The American cockroach (species Periplaneta americana ), a native of Africa and the Middle East, is 30 to 50 mm (1.2−2 inches) long, is reddish brown, and lives outdoors or in dark heated indoor areas (e.g., basements and furnace rooms).
Giant Cockroaches (Family Blaberidae) · iNaturalist
WEBSource: Wikipedia. Giant cockroaches, or blaberids (family Blaberidae) are the second-largest cockroach family.
Blaberidae - GBIF
WEBPublished in: Saussure, H.de (1864) Orthopteres Blattides. In Orthoptères de l’Amérique Moyenne. Mémoires pour serveir a l’Histoire Naturelle du Mexique des Antilles et des Etats-Unis. Vol. 18, Issues 3-4, 1–279 pp. source: Catalogue of Life.
Blaberidae - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
WEBMost extant aquatic species belong to the subfamily Epilamprinae (Blaberidae) and occur at tropical latitudes. The highest levels of aquatic and amphibious cockroach species diversity occur in the Indomalaya and Neotropical regions.
Blaberidae - Tree of Life Web Project
WEBThe evolution of soil-burrowing cockroaches (Blattaria: Blaberidae) from wood-burrowing ancestors following an invasion of the latter from Asia into Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences Series B 270(1521): 1301-1307.
Blaberidae - Oxford Reference
WEBOverview. Blaberidae. Quick Reference. (class Insecta, order Blattodea) Family of medium to large, broad-bodied cockroaches, most of which have short, stout legs, and relatively short antennae. Some species burrow in the ground, or live in rotting wood.
Systematic Entomology - Wiley Online Library
WEBMay 16, 2021 · Soil-burrowing cockroaches (Blaberidae: Geoscapheinae) are large insects endemic to Australia. Originally thought to represent a monophyletic group, these enigmatic species have in fact evolved burrowing behaviour, associated fossorial morphological modifications, and dietary transitions to dry leaf litter feeding multiple times from the …
WEBBlaberoidea, comprised of Ectobiidae and Blaberidae, is the most speciose cockroach clade and exhibits immense variation in life history strategies.
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