Corydiinae[1] is a subfamily of the order Blattodea (cockroaches). Many are known as sand cockroaches. The subfamily, comprising about 20 genera, contains half the genera in Corydiidae.[2][3] One prominent species is the desert cockroach, Arenivaga investigata.
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| Polyphaga pellucida in the Saint Petersburg Zoological Museum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Corydiidae |
| Subfamily: | Corydiinae Saussure & Zehntner, 1893 |
| Synonyms | |
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Polyphaginae Saussure, 1864 | |
Genera
editThe Cockroach Species File lists:[2]
- Anisogamia Saussure, 1893
- Arenivaga Rehn, 1903
- Austropolyphaga Mackerras, 1968
- Eremoblatta Rehn, 1903
- Ergaula Walker, 1868
- Eucorydia Hebard, 1929
- Eupolyphaga Chopard, 1929
- Hemelytroblatta Chopard, 1929
- Heterogamisca Bey-Bienko, 1950
- Heterogamodes Chopard, 1929
- Homoeogamia Burmeister, 1838
- Hypercompsa Saussure, 1864
- Leiopteroblatta Chopard, 1969
- Mononychoblatta Chopard, 1929
- Nymphrytria Shelford, 1911
- Polyphaga Brullé, 1835
- Polyphagina Chopard, 1929
- Polyphagoides Mackerras, 1968
- Therea Billberg, 1820
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G. W.; Eggleton, P. (2011). "Order Blattodea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882". In Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.). Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. pp. 199–200.
{{cite book}}:|journal=ignored (help) - ^ a b "synonym Polyphagidae Saussure, 1864: Cockroach Species File".
- ^ 蟑螂圖鑑 (in Chinese). 2014-09-19. Retrieved 2014-10-13.