Corydioidea

Corydioidea
Temporal range:
Polyphaga pellucida in the Saint Petersburg Zoological Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Superfamily: Corydioidea

Corydioidea is a superfamily of insects in the order Blattodea. It contains two extant families, Corydiidae and Nocticolidae, comprising about fifty genera and two hundred and fifty species, along with the extinct families Liberiblattinidae and Manipulatoridae. Members of this superfamily are found worldwide, mostly in hot, arid habitats.