Blattodea

Blattodea is an order o insects that conteens the cockroaches an the termites.^[1] Umwhile, the termites war conseedert a separate order, Isoptera, but genetic an molecular evidence suggests an intimate relationship wi the cockroaches, baith cockroaches an termites haein evolved frae a common auncestor. The Blattodea an the mantises (order Mantodea) are nou aw conseedert pairt o the superorder Dictyoptera. Thare are approximately 4,400 species o cockroach in awmaist 500 genera, an aboot 3,000 species o termite in aroond 300 genera.^[2]

Blattodea Temporal range: 228–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Late Triassic – Recent
Domino cockroach Therea petiveriana
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Cless:	Insecta
Superorder:	Dictyoptera
Order:	Blattodea Wattenwyl, 1882
Suborders
Cockroaches Isoptera
Synonyms
Blattaria (cockroaches anly)