隱尾蠊屬 （Cryptocercus ）是網翅總目 下的一屬及隱尾蠊科下的唯一成員[ 1] 亞社會性 ，若蟲需要親代大量的照顧。隱尾蠊屬的腸胃中生有和食木性白蟻相同的木質消化共生菌，此點被視為兩者有著極為接近關係的證據，也就是說白蟻基本上是從社會性蟑螂 演化而來[ 2]
隱尾蠊屬能在北美洲 和亞洲 被發現，目前共有12個已知物種[ 3]
隱尾蠊屬擁有許多和白蟻 相同的特徵。種系發生學 研究顯示本屬與白蟻的關係比起其他的蜚蠊還要更加密切[ 4]
本属包括以下物种：
Cryptocercus arcuatus
Cryptocercus banshanmenensis
Cryptocercus changbaiensis
城口隐尾蠊 Cryptocercus chengkouensis
Cryptocercus clevelandi Byers, 1997
Cryptocercus convexus
Cryptocercus darwini Burnside, Smith & Kambhampati, 1999
Cryptocercus garciai Burnside, Smith & Kambhampati, 1999
Cryptocercus gexigouensis Wang & Che, 2019
Cryptocercus habaensis
Cryptocercus hirtus Grandcolas & Bellés, 2005
Cryptocercus hongshiensis Wang & Che, 2019
Cryptocercus kagongensis Wang & Che, 2019
Cryptocercus kyebangensis Grandcolas, 2001
老君隐尾蠊 Cryptocercus laojunensis
滦川隐尾蠊 Cryptocercus luanchuanensis
Cryptocercus maluogouensis Wang & Che, 2019
Cryptocercus matilei Grandcolas, 2000
Cryptocercus meridianus Grandcolas & Legendre, 2005
内乡隐尾蠊 Cryptocercus neixiangensis
Cryptocercus ningshanensis
Cryptocercus parvus Grandcolas & Park, 2005
Cryptocercus pingwuensis
首领隐尾蠊 Cryptocercus primarius Bey-Bienko, 1938
Cryptocercus pudacuoensis
蛀木蜚蠊 Cryptocercus punctulatus Scudder, 1862
遗存隐尾蠊 Cryptocercus relictus Bey-Bienko, 1935
Cryptocercus sanchaensis Wang & Che, 2019
神农架隐尾蠊 Cryptocercus shennongjiaensis
Cryptocercus tazigouensis Wang & Che, 2019
Cryptocercus tianbaensis
Cryptocercus weixiensis
Cryptocercus wolongensis
Cryptocercus wrighti Burnside, Smith & Kambhampati, 1999
无锡隐尾蠊 Cryptocercus wuxiensis
Cryptocercus zagunaoensis
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^ Daegan Inward, George Beccaloni, and Paul Eggleton (2007) Death of an order: a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study confirms that termites are eusocial cockroaches （页面存档备份 ，存于互联网档案馆 ）
^ Grandcolas, P., Legendre, F., Park, Y. C., Belles, X., Murienne, J., & Pellens, R. The genus Cryptocercus in East Asia: distribution and new species (Insecta, Dictyoptera, Blattaria, Polyphagidae). (PDF) . Zoostema-Paris. 2005, 4 (27): 725 [2017-09-16 ] . （原始内容存档 (PDF) 于2021-03-01）. ^ Djernæs, M., et al. 2012. Phylogeny of cockroaches (Insecta, Dictyoptera, Blattodea), with placement of aberrant taxa and exploration of out-group sampling. （页面存档备份 ，存于互联网档案馆 ） Systematic Entomology 37(1): 65–83. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00598.x.
Nalepa, C.A., Byers, G.W., Bandi, C. and Sironi, M. 1997. "Description of Cryptocercus clevelandi (Dictyoptera: Cryptocercidae) from the Northwestern United States, molecular analysis of bacterial symbionts in its fat body, and notes on biology, distribution and biogeography （页面存档备份 ，存于互联网档案馆 ）." Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 90 :416-424.
Burnside, C.A., P.T. Smith and S. Kambhampati, 1999. "Three New Species of the Wood Roach, Cryptocercus (Blattodea: Cryptocercidae), from the Eastern United States ." The World Wide Web Journal of Biology 4 :1
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