Blaberidae
Giant cockroaches, or blaberids (family Blaberidae) are the second-largest cockroach family by number of species.[1]
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| A male Madagascar hissing cockroach, Gromphadorhina oblongonota | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Superfamily: | Blaberoidea |
| Family: | Blaberidae |
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Notable species
Notable species within this family include:
- Cape mountain cockroach – Aptera fusca
- Dwarf cave cockroach – Blaberus atropos=Blaberus fusca
- Death's head cockroach – Blaberus craniifer
- False death's head cockroach – Blaberus discoidalis
- Dubia cockroach – Blaptica dubia
- Green banana cockroach – Panchlora nivea
- Madagascar hissing cockroach – Gromphadorhina portentosa
- Speckled cockroach – Nauphoeta cinerea
- Surinam cockroach – Pycnoscelus surinamensis
- Giant burrowing cockroach – Macropanesthia rhinoceros
Genera
Panesthia
- Subfamily Attaphilinae
- Subfamily Blaberinae
- Achroblatta
- Anchoblatta
- Antioquita
- Archimandrita
- Aspiduchus
- Cacoblatta
- Capucinella
- Cariacasia
- Bionoblatta
- Blaberus
- Blaptica
- Brachycola
- Byrsotria
- Eublaberus
- Glomerexis
- Glyptopeltis
- Gromphadorhina
- Hemiblabera
- Hiereoblatta
- Hormetica
- Hyporhicnoda
- Kemneria
- Lucihormetica
- Mesoblaberus
- Minablatta
- Mioblatta
- Monachoda
- Monastria
- Neorhicnoda
- Oxycercus
- Paradicta
- Parahormetica
- Petasodes
- Phoetalia
- Pseudogyna
- Sibylloblatta
- Styphon
- Subfamily Diplopterinae
- Subfamily Epilamprinae
- Acroporoblatta
- Anisolampra
- Aptera (genus)
- Apsidopis
- Ataxigamia
- Audreia
- Blepharodera
- Calolamprodes
- Colapteroblatta
- Compsolampra
- Cyrtonotula
- Derocardia
- Dryadoblatta
- Elfridaia
- Epilampra
- Galiblatta
- Haanina
- Homalopteryx
- Litopeltis
- Miroblatta
- Molytria
- Morphna
- Nauclidas
- Notolampra
- Opisthoplatia
- Phlebonotus
- Phoraspis
- Pinaconota
- Placoblatta
- Poroblatta
- Phortioeca
- Pseudophoraspis
- Pseudoplatia
- Rhabdoblatta
- Rhicnoda
- Stictolampra
- Stictomorphna
- Thorax
- Ylangella
- Subfamily Geoscapheinae
- Geoscapheus
- Macropanesthia
- Neogeoscapheus
- Parapanesthia
- Subfamily Gyninae
- Alloblatta
- Evea
- Gyna
- Paraprincisaria
- Paraplecta
- Princisaria
- Progonogamia
- Thliptoblatta
- Subfamily Oxyhaloinae
- Aeluropoda
- Ateloblatta
- Coleoblatta
- Griffiniella
- Gromphadorhina
- Heminauphoeta
- Henschoutedenia
- Jagrehnia
- Leucophaea
- Nauphoeta
- Oxyhaloa
- Pelloblatta
- Pronauphoeta
- Subfamily Panchlorinae
- Achroblatta
- Anchoblatta
- Biolleya
- Panchlora
- Pelloblatta
- Subfamily Panesthiinae
- Ancaudellia
- Annamoblatta
- Caeparia
- Microdina
- Miopanesthia
- Panesthia
- Salganea
- Subfamily Perisphaerinae[2]
- Bantua
- Compsagis
- Cyrtotria
- Derocalymma
- Ellipsica
- Elliptoblatta
- Gymnonyx
- Hostilia
- Hyposphaeria
- Laxta
- Neolaxta
- Perisphaerus (= Perisphaeria)
- Pilema (= Pronaonota)
- Platysilpha
- Poeciloblatta
- Poeciloderrhis[3]
- Pseudoglomeris
- Pseudocalolampra
- Trichoblatta
- Zuluia
- Subfamily Pycnoscelinae
- Pycnoscelus
- Stilpnoblatta
- Subfamily Zetoborinae
- Capucina
- Lanxoblatta
- Parasphaeria
- Phortioeca
- Schizopilia
- Shultesia
- Thanatophyllum
- Tribonium
- Zetobora
- Zetoborella
- Subfamily uncertain
- Africalolampra
- Apotrogia
- Diplopoterina
- Eustegasta
- Gynopeltis
- Hedaia
- Isoniscus
- Phenacisma
Taxonomy note
Among the genera of uncertain subfamily, Eustegasta and Isoniscus have been removed from subfamily Perisphaerinae .
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Blaberidae. |
- Beccaloni, George; Eggleton, Paul (2013-08-30). "Order Blattodea. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013)". Zootaxa. 3703 (1): 46. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.10. ISSN 1175-5334.
- Perisphaerinae Brunner von Wattenwyl and Hyposphaeria Lucas are valid names concealed by the unavailable names Perisphaeriinae and Perisphaeria Burmeister (Blattodea, Blaberidae)
- De Oliveira Cardoso Da Silva, Leonardo; Lopes, Sonia Maria (2018). "Six new species of Poeciloderrhis from Brazil (Blattaria: Blaberidae) with a new record and a new combination". Zoologia. 35: 1–10. doi:10.3897/zoologia.35.e12483. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
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