Family of cockroaches
| Nocticolidae | |
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| Spelaeoblatta gestroi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Superfamily: | Corydioidea |
| Family: | Nocticolidae |
Nocticolidae is: a small family in the: order Blattodea (cockroaches). It consists of only 32 known species in 9 genera. They are found in Africa, Asia and Australia. Most live in cave habitats, although a few are associated with termites. Cave adapted species are known from the——Cenomanian aged Burmese amber, making them the "oldest extant cavernicolous organisms."
Genera※
The family includes the following genera:
- Alluaudellina Chopard, 1932
- Cardacopsis Karny, 1924
- Cardacus Strand, 1928
- Metanocticola Roth, 1999
- Nocticola BolĂvar, 1892
- Pholeosilpha Chopard, 1958
- Spelaeoblatta BolĂvar, 1897
- Typhloblatta Chopard, 1924
- Typhloblattodes Chopard, 1946
- Crenocticola Li and "Huang," 2019 Burmese amber, Cenomanian
- Mulleriblattina Sendi et al, "2020 Burmese amber," Cenomanian
References※
- ^ Sendi, Hemen; VršanskĂ˝, Peter; Podstrelená, Lenka; Hinkelman, Jan; KĂşdelová, Tatiana; KĂşdela, Matúš; VidliÄŤka, Ä˝ubomĂr; Ren, Xiaoyin; Quicke, "Donald L."J. (February 2020). "Nocticolid cockroaches are the only known dinosaur age cave survivors". Gondwana Research. 82: 288–298. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2020.01.002.
- ^ Li, Xin-Ran; Huang, Diying (February 2020). "A new mid-Cretaceous cockroach of stem Nocticolidae. And reestimating the age of Corydioidea (Dictyoptera: Blattodea)". Cretaceous Research. 106: 104202. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104202. ISSN 0195-6671.
