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Blaberidae
Giant
cockroaches
, or
blaberids
are the second-largest
cockroach
family
by
number of species
.
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
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
*
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
*
Bantua
*
Compsagis
*
Cyrtotria
*
Derocalymma
*
Ellipsica
*
Elliptoblatta
*
Gymnonyx
*
Hostilia
*
Hyposphaeria
*
Laxta
*
Neolaxta
*
Perisphaerus
*
Pilema
*
Platysilpha
*
Poeciloblatta
*
Poeciloderrhis
*
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.