Corydiidae
Corydiidae, previously known as Polyphagidae, 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. One prominent species is the desert cockroach, Arenivaga investigata.
| Corydiidae Temporal range: | |
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| Polyphaga pellucida in the Saint Petersburg Zoological Museum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Superfamily: | Corydioidea |
| Family: | Corydiidae Saussure & Zehntner, 1893 |
| Subfamilies | |
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Corydiinae | |
| Synonyms | |
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Polyphagidae | |
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