Blaberidae

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

Panesthia

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 Pseudocalolampra Progonogamia Thliptoblatta Subfamily Panchlorinae Achroblatta Anchoblatta Biolleya Panchlora Pelloblatta Subfamily Panesthiinae Ancaudellia Annamoblatta Caeparia Microdina Miopanesthia Panesthia Salganea ?Dicellonotus ?Dolichosphaeria ?Hemipanesthia ?Heteroblatta ?Geoscapheus ?Macropanesthia ?Mylacrina ?Neogeoscaphus ?Parapanesthia ?Phortioecoides ?Proscratea Subfamily Oxyhaloinae Aeluropoda Ateloblatta Coleoblatta Griffiniella Gromphadorhina Heminauphoeta Henschoutedenia Jagrehnia Leucophaea Nauphoeta Oxyhaloa Pelloblatta Pronauphoeta

Subfamily Perisphaeriinae Bantua Compsagis Cyrtotria Derocalymma Ellipsica Elliptoblatta Gymnonyx Hostilia Laxta Neolaxta Perisphaeria Perisphaerus Pilema (Pronaonota) Platysilpha Poeciloblatta Pronaonota Pseudoglomeris 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 Cryptocercus

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.

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