Pedigree: Order Blattaria (Cockroaches (& Termites))

The PEDIGREE of

Order Blattaria (Cockroaches (& Termites))

(termites are a new addition to this Order, after learning termites evolved from early cockroaches); aka Blattodea, Blattoptera; ('Children' listed in approximate order of cladistic closeness to Blattidae & Termitoidae)

"Child(ren)": Family Blattidae (Oriental cockraches, American cockroaches & kin) ; Order Isoptera (Termites) ; Cryptocercidae (wood roaches) ; Blaberidae (giant cockroaches : hissers : bark cockroach) ; Ectobiidae/Blattellidae (brown-banded cockroach etc.) ; Polyphagidae/Corydiidae (sand cockroaches etc.) ; Nocticolidae (cave cockroaches etc.) ; Tryonicidae ; Lamproblattidae ; 4500 species altogether

______	______	_____	_____	_____	_____	_____	_____	_____	_____	_____	_____	_____	_____	_____	_____	_____
														/	-- Clade of Bilateria and Placozoa +		====> [ 73]
														/		/ (skip this generation?)
													/	-- Branch Bilateria
												/	-- Infrakingdom (Grade) of Coelomates
												/		/ (skip this generation?)
											/	-- Subgrade of Protostomia
											/		/ or: Clade Nephrozoa
										/	-- Superphylum Ecdysozoa (Arthropods, Roundworms, etc.)
									/	-- Supraphylum Panarthropoda
								/	-- Phylum Arthropoda
							/	-- Subphylum Tetraconata
							/		/ or: Superclass Panhexapoda in Infraphylum Atelocerata
						/	-- Epiclass Hexapoda
					/	-- Class Insecta
				/	-- Subclass Pterygota (winged insects)
			/	-- Infraclass Neoptera
		/	-- Superorder Exopterygota
	/	-- Clade of Dictyopteroids
/	-- Grandorder Dictyoptera (Cockroaches, Termites, & Mantises)
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- Order Blattaria (Cockroaches (& Termites))

``Grandchildren:'' Genus Periplaneta (Waterbug, Cockroach) ; Epifamily Termitoidae (Termites)

(poss.) ``5-Great Grandchild:'' Delicious cone-shaped mushroom