Periplaneta

Periplaneta

Periplaneta americana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Blattodea
Family:	Blattidae
Genus:	Periplaneta
Species
Periplaneta aboriginea Periplaneta americana Periplaneta australasiae Periplaneta brunnea Periplaneta fuliginosa Periplaneta japonica ...

Periplaneta is a genus of cockroaches.

Cockroach

Families

Blaberidae
- Blaberus
- Panchlora
Blattellidae
- Parcoblatta
- Temnopteryx
Blattidae
- Blatta
- Polyzosteria
Polyphagidae
- Euthyrrhapha
- Holocompsa
Nocticolidae

In popular
culture

Film	Bug Twilight of the Cockroaches Joe's Apartment Damnation Alley

Literature	Archy and Mehitabel The Revolt of the Cockroach People Cockroach Cooties The Exterminators The Passion According to G.H. Iran newspaper cockroach cartoon controversy Cockroach

Other	"La Cucaracha" Shinbone Alley (film) The Cockroach "War of the Coprophages" Bad Mojo Freaky Stories Oggy and the Cockroaches

Other topics

Insecta orders

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
(unranked): Pancrustacea
Subphylum: Hexapoda

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Monocondylia	Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails)

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Apterygota *	Thysanura (Zygentoma) (silverfish, firebrats)

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Palaeoptera

Ephemeropteroidea	Ephemeroptera (mayflies)

Odonatoptera	Odonata (dragonflies, damselflies)

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Polyneoptera

Dictyoptera	Blattodea (cockroaches, termites) Mantodea (mantises)

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Paraneoptera *	Psocodea (barklice, lice) Thysanoptera (thrips) Hemiptera (cicadas, aphids, true bugs)

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basal

Hymenoptera (sawflies, wasps, ants, bees)

Neuropteroidea

Coleopterida	Strepsiptera (twisted-winged parasites) Coleoptera (beetles)

Neuropterida	Raphidioptera (snakeflies) Megaloptera (alderflies, dobsonflies, fishflies) Neuroptera (net-winged insects: lacewings, mantidflies, antlions)

Panorpida
(Mecopterida)

Antliophora	Mecoptera (scorpionflies) + Siphonaptera (fleas) Diptera (gnats, mosquitoes, flies)

Amphiesmenoptera	Trichoptera (caddisflies) Lepidoptera (moths, butterflies)

Four most speciose orders are marked in bold

Italic are paraphyletic groups

Based on Sasaki et al. (2013)

Extinct

Archodonata Blattoptera Caloneurodea Campylopteridae Carbotriplurida Coxoplectoptera Diaphanopterodea Eoblattodea Eocoronidae Eudiaphanoptera Erasipteridae Gerarus Geroptera Glosselytrodea Heraridea Hypoperlida Lapeyriidae Meganisoptera (griffinflies or "giant dragonflies") Megasecoptera Mendozachorista Miomoptera Monura Palaeodictyoptera Paoliida Permoplecoptera Protanisoptera Protelytroptera Protephemerida Protodiptera Protorthoptera Protozygoptera Pseudopulex Rhyniognatha Syntonoptera Titanoptera Triadophlebioptera

Extinct incertae sedis families and genera are marked in italic

Wikispecies

Extant Blattodea families

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Dictyoptera

Polyphagoidea

Blaberoidea

Blattoidea

Xylophagodea

Cryptocercidae (brown-hooded cockroaches)

Termitoidae (termites)	Mastotermitidae (giant northern termite) Termopsidae (dampwood termites) Hodotermitidae (harvester termites) Kalotermitidae Rhinotermitidae Serritermitidae Termitidae

Classification is based on Inward et al. (2007). Italic are paraphyletic groups.

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