| Wood cockroaches | |
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| Loboptera decipiens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Superfamily: | Blaberoidea |
| Family: | Ectobiidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 |
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Ectobiidae (formerly Blattellidae)[1][2] is a family of the order Blattodea (cockroaches). This family contains many of the smaller common household pest cockroaches, among others. They are sometimes called wood cockroaches.[3] A few notable species include:
- European native cockroaches - genera including Ectobius, Capraiellus, Phyllodromica and Planuncus
- Blattella asahinai: Asian cockroach
- Blattella germanica: German cockroach
- Cariblatta lutea: Small yellow cockroach
- Supella longipalpa: Brown-banded cockroach
- Parcoblatta spp. including the:
- Parcoblatta fulvescens: Fulvous wood cockroach
- Parcoblatta pennsylvanica: Pennsylvania wood cockroach
- Parcoblatta virginica: Virginia wood cockroach
- ^ Beccaloni, George; Eggleton, Paul (30 Aug 2013). "Order Blattodea". Zootaxa. 3703 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.10. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- ^ "order Blattodea". Cockroach Species File. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- ^ "Blattellidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 December 2013.