Periplaneta

Periplaneta
Periplaneta americana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Blattidae
Subfamily: Blattinae
Genus: Periplaneta
Burmeister, 1838
Synonyms
  • Cacerlaca Saussure, 1864
  • Paramethana Shelford, 1909
  • Shelfordella Adelung, 1910

Periplaneta is a genus of cockroaches containing some of the well-known pest species with cosmopolitan distributions, such as:

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