Provisional Checklist of Phasmatodea
(Phasmids, Mantids, and Cockroaches)
of Brackenridge Field Laboratory

Prepared by R.W. Patrock (6 November 1988)

• Suborder: Anareolatea
  • Family: Heteronemiidae
    • 1. Pseuodosermyle straminea (Scudder) Gray Walkingstick
    • 2. Megaphasma denticrus (Stål) Giant Walkingstick
    • 3. Diapheromera femorata (Say)
    • 4. Diapheromera velii Walsh

• Suborder: Mantodea (Mantids)
  • Family: Mantidae
    • Subfamily: Amelinae
      • 1. Yersiniops solitarium (Scudder) Horned ground mantis
      • 2. Litaneutra minor (Scudder) Minor ground mantis
    • Subfamily: Oligonicinae
      • 3. Iris oratoria (Linneaus) Mediterranean mantis
      • 4. Oligonicella scudderi (Saussure) Scudder's Mantid
    • Subfamily: Mantinae
      • 5. Stagmomantis carolina (Johannson) Carolina mantid
        

        Parasites of Stagmomantis carolina found at BFL or Austin are:
        Hymenoptera
        Torymidae - Podagrion mantis Ashmead - Egg parasite
        Eupelmidae - Eupelmus coccidis Girault - Egg parasite
        Anastatus reduvii (Howard) - Egg parasite
        Diptera
        Chloropidae - Pseudogaurax sigmata (Lw.) - Egg parasite
        Sarcophagidae - Sarcophaga austinana - Adult parasite

• Suborder: Blattaria (Cockroaches)
  • SuperFamily: Blattoidea
    • Family: Blattidae (American Cockroach Family)
      • Subfamily: Blattinae
        • 1. Periplaneta americana (Linneaus) American cockroach
        • 2. Periplaneta fulginosa (Serville) Smoky-brown cockroach
  • Superfamily: Blaberoidea
    • Family: Polyphagidae (Desert Cockroach Family)
      • Subfamily: Polyphaginae
        • 3. Arenivaga bolliana (Saussure) Boll's sand cockroach
        • 4. A. tonkawa Hebard Tonkawa's sand cockroach
    • Family: Blattelidae (German cockroach Family)
      • 5. Attaphila fungicola Wheeler Ant cockroach
      • Subfamily: Blattellinae
        • 6. Blattella germanica (Linneaus) German cockroach
        • 7. Blattella vaga Field cockroach
        • 8. Ischnoptera deropteltiformis (Brunner) Dark wood roach
        • 9. Parcoblatta bolliana (S. and Z.) Boll's wood roach
        • 10. P. fulvescens (S. and Z.) Fulvous wood roach
        • 11. P. pensylvanica (DeGeer) Pennsylvania wood roach
        • 12. Pseudomops septentrionalis Hebard Pale-bordered field roach
      • Subfamily: Plectopterinae
        • 13. Supella longipalpa (Fabricius) Brown-banded cockroach
  • Superfamily: Blaberoidea
    • Family: Blaberidae
  • 14. Panchlora nivea (Linneaus) Cuban cockroach

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