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Blattodea
Blattodea is an order of insects that contains cockroaches and termites. Collectively, Blattodea and the mantis order Mantodea are considered part of the superorder Dictyoptera. Formerly, termites were considered the separate order Isoptera, but genetic and molecular evidence suggests they evolved from within the cockroach lineage, which renders them cockroaches cladistically; the group of termites were subsumed into Blattodea and they are considered by some to be a divergent group of cockroaches. Blattodea includes approximately 4,400 species of cockroach in almost 500 genera, and about 3,000
Blattoidea
upright| thumb|Pacific Coast Dampwood Termite, Zootermopsis angusticollis
Balta notulata
species of insect
Balta similis
species of insect
Balta bicolor
species of insect
Delosia ornata
species of insect
Parellipsidion
Parellipsidion is a genus of cockroaches endemic to New Zealand. There are three species within the genus Parellipsidion.