Corydioidea
Corydioidea is a superfamily of insects in the order Blattodea, the cockroaches and termites. It contains two extant families, Corydiidae and Nocticolidae, comprising about fifty genera and two hundred and fifty species, along with the extinct family Liberiblattinidae.[1][2] Members of this superfamily are found worldwide, mostly in hot, arid habitats.[3]
| Corydioidea | |
|---|---|
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| Polyphaga pellucida in the Saint Petersburg Zoological Museum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Superfamily: | Corydioidea |
References
- 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. Zootaxa. pp. 199–200.
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System entry
- "Superfamily Corydioidea". BugGuide. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
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