| Wood cockroaches | |
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| Loboptera decipiens | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Subclass: | Pterygota |
| Infraclass: | Neoptera |
| Superorder: | Dictyoptera |
| 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. A few of the species include: