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: