Latest News About Blattodea

Here are the latest publicly available items I could locate about Blattodea (the order that includes cockroaches and termites).

• Blattodea systematics in the genomic age (January 2026): A review summarizing current definitions of major Blattodea clades, synapomorphies, and a synthesis of phylogeny, taxonomy, and gaps in knowledge, with recommendations for advancing systematics. This suggests ongoing efforts to refine the evolutionary framework of Blattodea using genomic data.[3]

• UC Riverside entomology news (late 2025–early 2026): News items that discuss ongoing monitoring and management programs related to pests and other bloodsucking or crop-threat organisms, including termites and flies, but these items are broader entomology news rather than Blattodea-focused breakthroughs.[1][2]

• Zootaxa recent articles (2025): New cockroach species descriptions and taxonomic work within Blattodea, including open-access papers that contribute to species-level diversity understandings within the group.[6]

• General background: Blattodea comprises cockroaches and termites, with taxonomy and biogeography actively studied; recent syntheses emphasize updating clade definitions and improving phylogenetic resolution with genomic data.[5][9]

If you’d like, I can perform a focused literature pull on Blattodea (specifically termites and cockroaches), filter for peer-reviewed primary research from 2023–2026, and summarize key findings with citations. I can also extract any notable news items about termite/cockroach-related pest management, biology, or taxonomy from major science outlets. Would you like me to do that?