Sand Cockroaches

Corydiidae, previously known as Polyphagidae,^[1] 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.^[2][3] One prominent species is the desert cockroach, Arenivaga investigata.

Genera

Corydiinae

Selected genera:

• 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

Other

subfamily Euthyrrhaphinae Handlirsch, 1925

1. Euthyrrhapha Burmeister, 1838

subfamily Holocompsinae

1. Holocompsa Burmeister, 1838
2. †Sajda Vrsansky, 2021

Incertae sedis

1. †Afrophaga Vrsansky, 2021
2. Anacompsa Shelford, 1910
3. Ctenoneura Hanitsch, 1925
4. †Fragosublatta Chen, Shih & Ren, 2021
5. Homopteroidea Shelford, 1906
6. Ipisoma Bolívar, 1893
7. Ipolatta Karny, 1914
8. Melyroidea Shelford, 1912
9. †Nodosigalea Li & Huang, 2018
10. Oulopteryx Hebard, 1921
11. Pholadoblatta Rehn & Hebard, 1927
12. Zetha Shelford, 1913

Extinct genera

• †Bimodala Šmídová, 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Cretaholocompsa Martínez-Delclòs, 1993 la Pedrera de Rubies Formation, Spain, Barremian
• †Fragosublatta Chen et al., 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Magniocula Qiu et al., 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Nodosigalea Li & Huang, 2018 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Spinka Vršanský et al., 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

References