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Blattella  Caudell, 1903
Taxonomic Serial No.: 102414

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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  
                                  SuperfamilyBlaberoidea Saussure, 1864  
                                     FamilyBlattellidae Karny, 1921 – wood cockroaches  
                                        SubfamilyBlattellinae Karny, 1921  
                                           GenusBlattella Caudell, 1903  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Species Blattella aegrota (Gerstaecker, 1883)  
                                              Species Blattella antiqua (Shelford, 1910)  
                                              Species Blattella armata (Princis, 1963)  
                                              Species Blattella asahinai Mizukubo, 1981  
                                              Species Blattella baltica (Shelford, 1910)  
                                              Species Blattella barthi Roth, 1985  
                                              Species Blattella belli Roth, 1985  
                                              Species Blattella biligata (Walker, 1868)  
                                              Species Blattella bioculata (Hanitsch, 1929)  
                                              Species Blattella bisignata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893)  
                                              Species Blattella brevicauda (Princis, 1963)  
                                              Species Blattella campbelli Roth, 1985  
                                              Species Blattella cavernicola (Shelford, 1907)  
                                              Species Blattella chadwicki Roth, 1985  
                                              Species Blattella confusa Princis, 1950  
                                              Species Blattella coveri Roth, 1995  
                                              Species Blattella dethieri Roth, 1985  
                                              Species Blattella ednae Roth, 1985  
                                              Species Blattella eisneri Roth, 1985  
                                              Species Blattella fiski Roth, 1985  
                                              Species Blattella foliolata Jin and Che in Jin et al., 2022  
                                              Species Blattella formosana (Karny, 1915)  
                                              Species Blattella furcifera (Shelford, 1910)  
                                              Species Blattella germanica (Linnaeus, 1767) – German cockroach, blatte germanique 
                                              Species Blattella guineensis (Princis, 1963)  
                                              Species Blattella humbertiana (Saussure, 1863)  
                                              Species Blattella inexpectata Roth, 1985  
                                              Species Blattella infuscata (Bruner, 1906)  
                                              Species Blattella interlineata (Hanitsch, 1927)  
                                              Species Blattella karnyi Princis, 1969  
                                              Species Blattella kevani Roth, 1985  
                                              Species Blattella klebsi (Shelford, 1910)  
                                              Species Blattella lamotteana (Princis, 1963)  
                                              Species Blattella latissima (Shelford, 1910)  
                                              Species Blattella lecarmata Roth, 1985  
                                              Species Blattella lecordieri (Princis, 1971)  
                                              Species Blattella lengleti Vrsansky, 2008  
                                              Species Blattella ligulata (Bey-Bienko, 1957)  
                                              Species Blattella lindbergi (Chopard, 1958)  
                                              Species Blattella lituricollis (Walker, 1868)  
                                              Species Blattella lobiventris (Saussure, 1895)  
                                              Species Blattella longstaffi (Shelford, 1908)  
                                              Species Blattella lorenzmeyeri (Shelford, 1910)  
                                              Species Blattella meridionalis Princis, 1957  
                                              Species Blattella neglecta (Shelford, 1908)  
                                              Species Blattella nipponica Asahina, 1963  
                                              Species Blattella padmanabhani Roth, 1995  
                                              Species Blattella parenthesis (Gerstaecker, 1883)  
                                              Species Blattella parvula Bey-Bienko, 1954  
                                              Species Blattella portalensis (Giglio-Tos, 1907)  
                                              Species Blattella pristina (Shelford, 1910)  
                                              Species Blattella punctifrons (Gerstaecker, 1883)  
                                              Species Blattella punctoria Yao and Che in Yao et al., 2024  
                                              Species Blattella radicifera (Hanitsch, 1928)  
                                              Species Blattella richardsi Roth, 1985  
                                              Species Blattella ridleyi Hanitsch, 1928  
                                              Species Blattella roederi Roth, 1985  
                                              Species Blattella rossi Roth, 1985  
                                              Species Blattella sauteri (Karny, 1915)  
                                              Species Blattella simillima (Princis, 1971)  
                                              Species Blattella sordida (Shelford, 1908)  
                                              Species Blattella tenacula (Shelford, 1910)  
                                              Species Blattella teressensis Roth, 1985  
                                              Species Blattella vaga Hebard, 1935 – field cockroach 
                                              Species Blattella vrijdaghi (Hanitsch, 1950)  
                                              Species Blattella whartoni Roth, 1985  
                                              Species Blattella yolanda (Shelford, 1910)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
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  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Cockroach Species File, Database (version Undefined)  
  Acquired: 2024   
  Notes: https://cockroach.speciesfile.org   
  Reference for: Blattella   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Blattella   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gutiérrez, Esteban, and Frank W. Fisk  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Annotated checklist of Puerto Rican cockroaches   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Transactions of the American Entomological Society, vol. 124, no. 3/4   
  Page(s): 333-354   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0002-8320   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Blattella   
       
  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: Blattella   
       

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