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Balta in languages:

Japanese

ヒラタゴキブリ属

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Parent Taxon

• Ectobiidae

Sibling Taxa

• Afrobalta
• Aglaopteryx
• Agmoblatta
• Allacta
• Antitheton
• Balta
• Ceratinoptera
• Chorisoblatta
• Chorisomaculata
• Chorisoneura
• Chorisoserrata
• Delosia
• Dendroblatta
• Desmosia
• Doradoblatta
• Ellipsidion
• Euphyllodromia
• Euthlastoblatta
• Imblattella
• Isoldaia
• Latiblattella
• Leuropeltis
• Margattea
• Margatteoidea
• Matabelina
• Mediastinia
• Megamareta
• Nahublattella
• Neoblattellini
• Pachnepteryx
• Phidon
• Plectoptera
• Prosoplecta
• Pseudophyllodromia
• Rhytidometopum
• Riatia
• Shelfordina
• Sliferia
• Sorineuchora
• Supella
• Supellina
• Tagaloblatta
• Trioblattella

Child Taxa

• Balta bicolor
• Balta crassivenosa
• Balta curvidens
• Balta denticauda
• Balta epilamproides
• Balta fratercula
• Balta godeffroyi
• Balta hebardi
• Balta ikonnikovi
• Balta inermis
• Balta livida
• Balta longicercata
• Balta notulata
• Balta quadricaudata
• Balta ramifera
• Balta ruficeps
• Balta scripta
• Balta similis
• Balta spuria
• Balta testacea
• Balta verticalis
• Balta vilis
• Balta yorkensis

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