Tryonicidae

Tryonicidae
Tryonicus parvus (male)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Superfamily: Blattoidea
Epifamily: Blattoidae
Family: Tryonicidae
Genera

The Tryonicidae are a family of cockroaches.

Biodiversity and distribution

Two genera containing 17 species are currently confirmed as belonging to this family, including the South American housebug.

Table 1: Number of species of Tryonicidae in each region in which it is present (A=adventive, E=endemic, I=indigenous)

AustraliaNew CaledoniaNew Zealand
Lauraesilpha11E
Tryonicus3E3E1A
A Tryonicus parvus found in Auckland, New Zealand. They are common under logs and planks lying in gumland scrub. They can emit an unpleasant smell when handled.
A Tryonicus parvus found in Auckland, New Zealand. They are common under logs and planks lying in gumland scrub. They can emit an unpleasant smell when handled.

Notes

References

  1. ↑ Murienne, J. 2009: Molecular data confirm family status for the Tryonicus–Lauraesilpha group (Insecta: Blattodea: Tryonicidae). Organisms diversity & evolution, 9(1): 44-51. doi:10.1016/j.ode.2008.10.005
  2. ↑ Murienne, J.; Pellens, R.; Grandcolas, P. 2008: Short-range endemism in New Caledonian insects: new species and distribution in the genus Lauraesilpha Grandcolas, 1997 (Insecta, Dictyoptera, Blattidae, Tryonicinae). Pp. 261-271 in: Grandcolas, P. (ed.), Zoologia Neocaledonica 6. Biodiversity studies in New Caledonia. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, (197) PDF Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Australian Faunal Directory
  4. ↑ Roth, L.M. 1987: The genus Tryonicus Shaw from Australia and New Caledonia (Dictyoptera: Blattaria: Blattidae: Tryonicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 25(1): 151-167.
  5. ↑ NZOR (Web Service Demonstrator)[link removed]
  6. ↑ Beccaloni, G.W.; Eggleton, P. 2011: Order Blattodea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882. Zootaxa, 3148: 199-200. PDF
  7. ↑ Macfarlane, R.P. et al. 2010: Phylum Arthropoda subphylum Hexapoda: Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233-467 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2010: New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3 PDF Archived 2014-01-02 at the Wayback Machine [see pp. 254, 399]

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