Corydiidae

Corydiidae, previously known as Polyphagidae,^[2] 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.^[3][4] One prominent species is the desert cockroach, Arenivaga investigata.

Corydiidae Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Present[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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 Euthyrrhaphinae Holocompsinae Latindiinae Tiviinae
Synonyms
Polyphagidae

Genera

Corydiinae

Selected genera:

• Anisogamia
• Arenivaga
• Eremoblatta
• Eucorydia
• Hemelytroblatta
• Polyphaga
• Therea

Latindiinae

1. Buboblatta Hebard, 1920
2. Bucolion Rehn, 1932: Bucolion stygius
3. Compsodes Hebard, 1917
4. Gapudipentax Lucañas, 2018
5. Latindia Stål, 1860
6. Melestora Stål, 1860
7. Myrmecoblatta Mann, 1914
8. Paralatindia Saussure, 1868
9. Sinolatindia Qiu, Che & Wang, 2016
10. Stenoblatta Walker, 1868

Tiviinae

1. Simblerastes Rehn & Hebard, 1927
2. Sphecophila Shelford, 1907
3. Tivia Walker, 1869

Euthyrrhaphinae

1. Euthyrrhapha Burmeister, 1838

Holocompsinae

1. Holocompsa Burmeister, 1838
2. †Sajda Vršanský in Vršanský et al., 2021 Algeria, Hauterivian^[5]

Incertae sedis

Extant genera

1. Anacompsa Shelford, 1910
2. Ctenoneura Hanitsch, 1925
3. Homopteroidea Shelford, 1906
4. Ipisoma Bolívar, 1893
5. Ipolatta Karny, 1914
6. Melyroidea Shelford, 1912
7. Oulopteryx Hebard, 1921
8. Pholadoblatta Rehn & Hebard, 1927
9. Zetha Shelford, 1913

Extinct genera

Reference:^[1]

• †Afrophaga Vršanský in Vršanský et al., 2021 Algeria, Hauterivian^[5]
• †Bimodala Šmídová in Vršanský et al., 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian^[6]
• †Bimini Vršanský in Vršanský et al., 2022 Chulym-Yenisei Depression, Russia, Late Jurassic
• †Corydoblatta Hinkelman & Vršanský in Vršanský et al., 2022 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Cretaholocompsa Martínez-Delclòs, 1993 la Pedrera de Rubies Formation, Spain, Barremian
• †Fragosublatta Chen, Shih & Ren in Chen et al., 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian^[7]
• †Magniocula Qiu et al., 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Nodosigalea Li & Huang, 2018 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Obscuroblatta Hinkelman & Vršanský in Vršanský et al., 2022 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Piloscutumus Sendi in Vršanský et al., 2022 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Pokemon Vršanská, Hinkelman & Vršanský in Vršanský et al., 2022 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Spinka Vršanský, Šmídová & Barna in Vršanský et al., 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian^[6]
• †Squamicaputa Hinkelman & Koubová in Vršanský et al., 2022 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Okruhliak Vršanský & Hinkelman in Vršanský et al., 2022 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

References

1. Vršanský, P.; Palková, H.; Vršanská, L.; Koubová, I.; Hinkelman, J. (2022). "Mesozoic origin-delayed explosive radiation of the cockroach family Corydiidae Saussure, 1864". Biologia. 78 (6): 1627–1658. doi:10.1007/s11756-022-01279-1. S2CID 254479766.
2. 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.
3. "synonym Polyphagidae Saussure, 1864: Cockroach Species File".
4. 蟑螂圖鑑 (in Chinese). 2014-09-19. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
5. Vršanský, P.; Vršanská, L.; Vasilenko, D. V.; Puškelová, L.; Biroň, A. (2021). "An isolated Cretaceous analogue of Madagascar on the Adria–Turkey microcontinent indicated by fossils in Brezina, Algeria". Palaeontographica Abteilung A. 321 (1–6): 19–35. doi:10.1127/pala/2021/0107. S2CID 240038689.
6. Peter Vršanský; Lucia Šmídová; Hemen Sendi; Peter Barna; Patrick Müller; Sieghard Ellenberger; Hao Wu; Xiaoyin Ren; Xiaojie Lei; Dany Azar; Juraj Šurka; Tao Su; Weiyudong Deng; Xianhui Shen; Jun Lv; Tong Bao; Günter Bechly (2019). "Parasitic cockroaches indicate complex states of earliest proved ants". Biologia. 74 (1): 65–89. Bibcode:2019Biolg..74...65V. doi:10.2478/s11756-018-0146-y. S2CID 53279646.
7. Chen, G.; Xiao, L.; Liang, J.; Shih, C.; Ren, D. (2021). "A new cockroach (Blattodea, Corydiidae) with pectinate antennae from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber". ZooKeys (1060): 155–169. Bibcode:2021ZooK.1060..155C. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1060.67216. PMC 8486729. PMID 34690506.