Note 13 — Chapter II
Reading edition
For descriptions of the species Fischer’s Orthoptera Europæa (1853) or Brunner von Wattenwyl’s Nouveau Système des Blattaires (1865) may be consulted. The classification adopted by the last-named author is here summarised.
Blattariæ.
A.—Femora spinous (Spinosæ).
Fam. 1.—Ectobidæ. Seventh abdominal sternum undivided in female. Sub-anal styles absent in male. Wings with triangular apical area. Ectobia, including E. lapponica (Blatta) and other genera.
Fam. 2.—Phyllodromidæ. Seventh abdominal sternum undivided in female. Sub-anal styles usual in male (0 or rudimentary in Phyllodromia). Wings without triangular apical area. Phyllodromia, including P. germanica (Blatta) and other genera.
Fam. 3.—Epilampridæ.
Fam. 4.—Periplanetidæ. Seventh abdominal sternum divided in female. Sub-anal styles conspicuous in male. Polyzosteria, Periplaneta, &c.
B.—Femora not spinous (Muticæ).
Families.—Chorisoneuridæ, Panchloridæ, Perisphæridæ, Corydidæ, Heterogamidæ, Blaberidæ, Panesthidæ.
Many useful references will be found in Scudder’s Catalogue of N. American Orthoptera, Smiths. Misc. Coll., viii. (1868).