Blaberidae

Giant cockroaches, or blaberids (family Blaberidae) are the second-largest cockroach family by number of species.[1]

Giant cockroaches
A male Madagascar hissing cockroach, Gromphadorhina oblongonota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Blattodea
Family:	Blaberidae
Genera
See text

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 Attaphila 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 Calolampra Diploptera

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 Gyninae Alloblatta Evea Gyna Paraprincisaria Paraplecta Princisaria Progonogamia Thliptoblatta Subfamily Panchlorinae Achroblatta Anchoblatta Biolleya Panchlora Pelloblatta Subfamily Panesthiinae Ancaudellia Annamoblatta Caeparia Microdina Miopanesthia Panesthia Salganea Subfamily Geoscapheinae Geoscapheus Macropanesthia Neogeoscapheus Parapanesthia Subfamily Oxyhaloinae Aeluropoda Ateloblatta Coleoblatta Griffiniella Gromphadorhina Heminauphoeta Henschoutedenia Jagrehnia Leucophaea Nauphoeta Oxyhaloa Pelloblatta Pronauphoeta

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 (see Taxonomy note) 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

1. 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.
2. Perisphaerinae Brunner von Wattenwyl and Hyposphaeria Lucas are valid names concealed by the unavailable names Perisphaeriinae and Perisphaeria Burmeister (Blattodea, Blaberidae)
3. 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.