Blattidae

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Blat·ti·dae

(blat'i-dē),

A family of insects (order Blattaria) consisting of over 4000 species of cockroaches, largely tropic but worldwide in distribution, including a number of abundant pests of households, kitchens, and institutions or facilities, wherever food is present; noxious wherever found, yet not positively incriminated in natural transmission of pathogenic organisms to man. Common household pests include the German cockroach, Blattella germanica, the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana, and the oriental cockroach, Blatta orientalis.

[L. blatta, cockroach]

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Koehler, "Biological control of the American cockroach (Orthoptera: Blattidae) with inundative releases of Tetrastichus hagenowii (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)," Journal of Economic Entomology, vol.

First report of Aprostocetus asthenogmus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in South America and parasitizing eggs of triatominae vectors of Chagas disease

& RIBEIRO, PB., 2001.--Desenvolvimento e longevidade de Periplaneta americana Linneu, 1758 (Blattodea: Blattidae).

Primer registro de Attaphila fungicola (Blattaria: Polyphagidae) en nidos de Atta cephalotes (Hymenoptera: Myrmicinae) en Colombia

Laboratory and field evaluation of entomogenous nematode (Nematoda: Steinemematidae) for German cockroach (Dictyoptera: Blattidae) control.

Control de la cucaracha americana (Periplaneta americana) y de la cucaracha alemana (Blattella germanica) por nematodos entomopatogenos

Harborage preference of American and smokybrown cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattidae) for common landscape materials.

Distribution of the Asian cockroach, Blattella asahinai(Dictyoptera: Blattellidae), in Dothan, Alabama

22 Diptera Muscidae Fannia scalaris 25 Hymenoptera Sphecidae * 30 Hymenoptera Vespidae * 30 Hymenoptera Vespidae Vespula maculifrons 30 Coleoptera Curculionidae Diaprepes 30 abbreviates ** Coleoptera Dermestidae Dermestes ater 30 Blattodea Blattidae Periplaneta 30 americana ** Blattodea Blattidae Blatta orientalis ** 30 Blattodea Blattidae * 30 Diptera Muscidae Fannia 37 Diptera Psychodidae * 44 Spring 2010--Raccoon Hymenoptera Formicidae Solenopsis invicta 1-3,11,14 -15,17-18 Diptera Muscidae Hydrotaea leucostoma 2-4,8 Diptera Muscidae Synthesiomyia nudiseta 2-3 Diptera Calliphoridae Phormia regina 3-4,7-11 Diptera Phoridae Megaselia scalaris 3 Diptera Calliphoridae Lucilia coeruleiviridis 4,8 Diptera Ulidiidae Chaetopsis spp.

Arthropods associated with carrion in a salt marsh habitat in southeastern Florida

(Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae).

Remarks on the genus Necroscia (Phasmatodea, Diapheromeridae, Necrosciinae) from China, with two new records, one new synonym, and one new combination and key to the species

cit.) suministra ademas una clave tentativa de las subfamilias de Blattidae basado en las formas aladas, diferenciando basicamente los Nyctiborinae por la subcosta de las tegminas con la rama anterior y las ramificaciones posteriores ocupando la mayor parte del campo marginal.

Relacion e ilustracion de algunas especies de Nyctiborinae de Colombia y Costa Rica (Insecta: Blattodea, Ectobiidae)

Cockroaches (Blattodea: Blattidae) are usually associated with human dwellings and refuse (Triplehorn and Johnson, 2005); thus, we suspect laughing gulls likely consumed these insects while foraging near human enterprises, such as refuse handling bins or buildings.

Temporal variation in terrestrial invertebrate consumption by laughing gulls in New York

In this manner ten types were described in Aeshna cyanea (Miiller, 1764) (Odonata, Anisoptera) (Andries, 1976), six types in Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758) (Dictyoptera, Blattidae) (Nishiitsutsuji-Uwo and Endo, 1981) and two types in Melipona quadrifasciata anthidioides Lepeletier, 1836 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) (Neves et al., 2003).

Mitochondria in the midgut epithelial cells of sugarcane borer parasitized by Cotesia flavipes (Cameron, 1891)/Mitocondria nas Celulas Epiteliais do Intestino Medio da Broca-da-cana Parasitada por Cotesia flavipes

Adultos Pteromalidae Spalangia sp Adultos Blattaria Blattidae Periplaneta americana Adultos y ninfas Taxon Categoria ARACHNIDA Macrochelidae Ancistrocheles bregetovae Depredador de huevos Macrocheles sp Depredador de huevos Erythraeidae Leptus sp Parasito de artropodos INSECTA Coleoptera Cleridae Necrobia rufipes Necrofagos secundarios Curcutionidae Xyleborus spp Accidental, xilofagos Dermestidae Dermestes sp Necrofagos en cuerpos secos Scarabaeidae Canthon mutabilis Coprofagos Diptera Calliphoridae Chrysomyia rufzfacies Necrofagos primarios C.