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Periplaneta  Burmeister, 1838
Taxonomic Serial No.: 102405

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderPolyneoptera   
                               OrderBlattodea Latreille, 1810 – cockroaches, termites  
                                  SuperfamilyBlattoidea Latreille, 1810  
                                     FamilyBlattidae Latreille, 1810 – American cockroaches, oriental cockroaches  
                                        SubfamilyBlattinae Latreille, 1810  
                                           GenusPeriplaneta Burmeister, 1838  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Species Periplaneta aboriginea Roth, 1994  
                                              Species Periplaneta affinis Saussure, 1869  
                                              Species Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758) – American cockroach, blatte américaine 
                                              Species Periplaneta arabica (Bey-Bienko, 1938)  
                                              Species Periplaneta arisanica Shiraki, 1931  
                                              Species Periplaneta atemeleta Princis, 1966  
                                              Species Periplaneta atrata Bey-Bienko, 1969  
                                              Species Periplaneta atricollis Saussure, 1899  
                                              Species Periplaneta australasiae (Fabricius, 1775) – Australian cockroach, blatte australienne 
                                              Species Periplaneta australis (MacLeay, 1827)  
                                              Species Periplaneta banksi Hanitsch, 1931  
                                              Species Periplaneta basedowi Tepper, 1904  
                                              Species Periplaneta benzoni Princis, 1951  
                                              Species Periplaneta bicolor Shelford, 1908  
                                              Species Periplaneta blattoides Hanitsch, 1933  
                                              Species Periplaneta brunnea Burmeister, 1838 – blatte brune, brown cockroach 
                                              Species Periplaneta capeneri Princis, 1963  
                                              Species Periplaneta caudata Bey-Bienko, 1969  
                                              Species Periplaneta ceylonica Karny, 1908  
                                              Species Periplaneta constricta Bey-Bienko, 1969  
                                              Species Periplaneta cylindrica (Thunberg, 1826)  
                                              Species Periplaneta diamesa Bey-Bienko, 1954  
                                              Species Periplaneta ebneri Princis, 1951  
                                              Species Periplaneta elegans Hanitsch, 1927  
                                              Species Periplaneta ferreirae Princis, 1963  
                                              Species Periplaneta fictor Princis, 1966  
                                              Species Periplaneta floweri Hanitsch, 1931  
                                              Species Periplaneta formosana Karny, 1915  
                                              Species Periplaneta fuliginosa (Serville, 1839) – smokybrown cockroach 
                                              Species Periplaneta fulva Bey-Bienko, 1969  
                                              Species Periplaneta gajajimana Komatsu, Iio and Ooi, 2021  
                                              Species Periplaneta gigantea Yanagisawa, Ohgita and Komatsu in Yanagisawa et al., 2021  
                                              Species Periplaneta indica Karny, 1908  
                                              Species Periplaneta japanna Asahina, 1969  
                                              Species Periplaneta lateralis F. Walker, 1868  
                                              Species Periplaneta lebedinskii Adelung, 1903  
                                              Species Periplaneta liui Bey-Bienko, 1957  
                                              Species Periplaneta malaica Karny, 1908  
                                              Species Periplaneta media Chopard, 1938  
                                              Species Periplaneta methanoides Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898  
                                              Species Periplaneta monochroma F. Walker, 1871  
                                              Species Periplaneta nigra Princis, 1966  
                                              Species Periplaneta nitida (Bolívar, 1890)  
                                              Species Periplaneta panfilovi Bey-Bienko, 1969  
                                              Species Periplaneta perialla Anisyutkin and Perkovsky, 2021  
                                              Species Periplaneta quadrinotata Princis, 1950  
                                              Species Periplaneta robusta (Shelford, 1909)  
                                              Species Periplaneta savignyi Krauss, 1890  
                                              Species Periplaneta semenovi Bey-Bienko, 1950  
                                              Species Periplaneta spinosostylata Krauss, 1902  
                                              Species Periplaneta stygia Shelford, 1909  
                                              Species Periplaneta subloblata Bey-Bienko, 1969  
                                              Species Periplaneta succinica Shelford, 1910  
                                              Species Periplaneta suzukii Asahina, 1977  
                                              Species Periplaneta svenhedini Hanitsch, 1933  
                                              Species Periplaneta valida Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893  
                                              Species Periplaneta vosseleri Shelford, 1908  
       

 References
       
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  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Cockroach Species File, Database (version Undefined)  
  Acquired: 2024   
  Notes: https://cockroach.speciesfile.org   
  Reference for: Periplaneta   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Periplaneta   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gutiérrez, Esteban  
  Publication Date: 1995   
  Article/Chapter Title: Annotated checklist of Cuban cockroaches   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Transactions of the American Entomological Society, vol. 121, no. 1/2   
  Page(s): 65-84   
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  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0002-8320   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Periplaneta   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1997   
  Article/Chapter Title: Blattodea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America: vol. 4: Non-Holometabolous Orders   
  Page(s): 31-39   
  Publisher: Entomological Information Services   
  Publication Place: Rockville, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-889002-04-6   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Periplaneta   
       

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