Overview of familiae (8 + 9†)

Blaberidae - Blattidae - Corydiidae - Cryptocercidae - Ectobiidae - Lamproblattidae - Nocticolidae - Tryonicidae - †Blattulidae - †Caloblattinidae - †Fuziidae - †Liberiblattinidae - †Mutoviidae - †Mylacridae - †Phyloblattidae - †Raphidiomimidae -

Additional references

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• Beccaloni, G.; Eggleton, P. 2013: Order Blattodea. Zootaxa 3703(1): 46–48. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.10 Reference page. 

• Djernæs, M., Klass, K.-D., Picker, M.D., Damgaard, J. 2012: Phylogeny of cockroaches (Insecta, Dictyoptera, Blattodea), with placement of aberrant taxa and exploration of out-group sampling. Systematic entomology, 37(1): 65–83. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00598.x . Reference page. 

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• Grandcolas, P. 1996. The phylogeny of cockroach families: a cladistic appraisal of morpho-anatomical data. Canadian journal of zoology 74(3): 508–527. DOI: 10.1139/z96-059 . Reference page. 

• Inward, D.; Beccaloni, G.; Eggleton, P. 2007: Death of an order: a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study confirms that termites are eusocial cockroaches. Biology letters 3(3): 331–335. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0102 . Reference page. 

• Klass, K.-D.; Meier, R. 2006: A phylogenetic analysis of Dictyoptera (Insecta) based on morphological characters. Entomologische Abhandlungen 63(1-2): 3–50. PDF Reference page. 

• Lopes, S.M. & de Oliveira, E. 2018. Validation of the names of eight species of Blattaria according to the rules of Zoological Nomenclature. Zootaxa 4379(3): 436–438. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4379.3.7 Reference page. 

• Miskelly, J. & Paiero, S.M. 2019. Mantodea, Blattodea, Orthoptera, Dermaptera, and Phasmida of Canada. Pp 255–269 In Langor, D.W. & Sheffield, C.S. (eds.). The Biota of Canada – A Biodiversity Assessment. Part 1: The Terrestrial Arthropods. ZooKeys 819: 520 pp. Reference page. . DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.819.27241 Reference page. 

• Roth, L.M. 2003: Systematics and phylogeny of cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattaria). Oriental insects 37(1): 1-186. DOI: 10.1080/00305316.2003.10417344 . Reference page. 

• Crespo, F.A.; Del Carmen Valverde, A.; Iglesias, M.S. 2010: Catalogue of Blattaria (Insecta) from Argentina. Zootaxa 2726: 1–33. Preview Reference page. 

• Hristov, G.H. & Chobanov, D.P. 2016. An annotated checklist and key to the Bulgarian cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattodea). Zootaxa 4154(4): 351–388. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.4.1 . Reference page. 

• Vidlička, Ľ. 2013: Cockroaches (Blattaria) of Ecuador—checklist and history of research. Zootaxa 3599(5): 401–445. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3599.5.1 Reference page.