Periplaneta
| Periplaneta | |
|---|---|
| Periplaneta americana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Blattidae |
| Subfamily: | Blattinae |
| Genus: | Periplaneta Burmeister, 1838 |
| Synonyms | |
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Periplaneta is a genus of cockroaches containing some of the well-known pest species with cosmopolitan distributions, such as:
- Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758) – American cockroach
- Periplaneta australasiae (Fabricius, 1775) – Australian cockroach
- Periplaneta brunnea Burmeister, 1838 – Brown cockroach
- Periplaneta fuliginosa (Serville, 1839) – Smokybrown cockroach
- Periplaneta japonica Karny, 1908 – Japanese cockroach
- Periplaneta lateralis Walker, 1868 - the Turkestan cockroach