Corydiidae Temporal range:
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Polyphaga pellucida in the Saint Petersburg Zoological Museum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Blattodea |
Superfamily: | Corydioidea |
Family: | Corydiidae Saussure & Zehntner, 1893 |
Subfamilies | |
Corydiinae | |
Synonyms | |
Polyphagidae |
Corydiidae, previously known as Polyphagidae,[1] is a family of the order Blattodea (cockroaches). Many are known as sand cockroaches. The family is divided into five subfamilies, comprising some 40 genera.[2][3] One prominent species is the desert cockroach, Arenivaga investigata.
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