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Melyroidea

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Melyroidea is a genus of cockroaches in the family Corydiidae found in tropical South America.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderBlattodea
  5. FamilyCorydiidae

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Specimen records
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Family
Corydiidae
Collections
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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Polyphagidae
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taxon name
Melyroidea
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Melyroidea
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  • Species
  • Taxonomy and systematics
  • Description
  • Biology and ecology
  • Distribution
  • References

Melyroidea is a genus of cockroaches in the family Corydiidae found in tropical South America.

== Species == Three species are recognised: Melyroidea ecuadoriana Vidlička & Vršanský, 2020 – Ecuador Melyroidea magnifica Shelford, 1912 – Ecuador and Peru Melyroidea mimetica Shelford, 1912 – Brazil

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