Cryptocercus

Cryptocercus is especially notable for sharing numerous characteristics with termites, and phylogenetic studies have shown this genus is more closely related to termites than it is to other cockroaches. These two lineages probably shared a common ancestor in the early Cretaceous.

Species

Found in North America and (especially temperate) Asia, there are 12 known species:

• Cryptocercus clevelandi Byers, 1997
• Cryptocercus darwini Burnside, Smith, Kambhampati, 1999
• Cryptocercus garciai Burnside, Smith, Kambhampati, 1999
• Cryptocercus hirtus Grandcolas, Bellés, 2005
• Cryptocercus kyebangensis Grandcolas, 2001
• Cryptocercus matilei Grandcolas, 2000
• Cryptocercus meridianus Grandcolas, Legendre, 2005
• Cryptocercus parvus Grandcolas, Park, 2005
• Cryptocercus primarius Bey-Bienko, 1938
• Cryptocercus punctulatus Scudder, 1862
• Cryptocercus relictus Bey-Bienko, 1935
• Cryptocercus wrighti Burnside, Smith, Kambhampati, 1999