Blaberidae
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
| Giant cockroaches | |
|---|---|
| 200px | |
| A male Madagascar hissing cockroach, Gromphadorhina portentosa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| Order: | |
| Family: |
Blaberidae
|
| Genera | |
|
See text |
|
Lua error in Module:Taxonbar/candidate at line 22: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Giant cockroaches, or blaberids (family Blaberidae) are the second-largest cockroach family.
Notable species
- Cape mountain cockroach - Aptera fusca
- Dwarf cave cockroach - Blaberus fusca
- Dubia cockroach - Blaptica dubia
- Green banana cockroach - Panchlora nivea
- Madagascar hissing cockroach - Gromphadorhina portentosa
- Speckled cockroach - Nauphoeta cinerea
- Surinam cockroach - Pycnoscelus surinamensis
Genera
|
|
|
(see Taxonomy note) |
Taxonomy note
Among the genera of uncertain subfamily, Eustegasta and Isoniscus have been removed from subfamily Perisphaeriinae. Cryptocercus is sometimes assigned to a separate subfamily, the Cryptocercidae.
References
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
 |
This cockroach article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
