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Blaberidae  Saussure, 1864
Taxonomic Serial No.: 102419

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): giant cockroaches [English]
  
       
  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  
                                     FamilyBlaberidae Saussure, 1864 – giant cockroaches  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Genus Phenacisma Karsch, 1896  
                                        Genus Pseudogyna Shelford, 1909  
                                        Subfamily Blaberinae Saussure, 1864  
                                        Subfamily Calolamprodinae Y.-S. Wang and Z.-Q. Wang in Y. S. Wang et al., 2023  
                                        Subfamily Diplopterinae   
                                        Subfamily Epilamprinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865  
                                        Subfamily Geoscapheinae   
                                        Subfamily Gyninae   
                                        Subfamily Oxyhaloinae   
                                        Subfamily Panchlorinae   
                                        Subfamily Panesthiinae   
                                        Subfamily Paranauphoetinae Rehn, 1951  
                                        Subfamily Perisphaerinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865  
                                        Subfamily Pycnoscelinae McKittrick, 1964  
                                        Subfamily Rhabdoblattellinae Y.-S. Wang and Z.-Q. Wang in Y. S. Wang et al., 2023  
                                        Subfamily Zetoborinae   
       
                                      FamilyBlaberidae Saussure, 1864 incertae sedis  
    Children with Uncertain Position:  
                                        Genus Apotragia Kirby, 1900  
                                        Genus Cacoblatta Saussure, 1893  
                                        Genus Derocardia Saussure, 1895  
                                        Genus Diplopterina Princis, 1963  
                                        Genus Elfridaia Shaw, 1925  
                                        Genus Eustegasta Gerstaecker, 1883  
                                        Genus Evea Shelford, 1909  
                                        Genus Glyptopeltis Saussure, 1873  
                                        Genus Gynopeltis Gerstaecker, 1869  
                                        Genus Hedaia Saussure and Zehntner, 1895  
                                        Genus Isoniscus Borg, 1902  
                                        Genus Kemneria Princis, 1946  
                                        Genus Mesoblaberus Princis, 1951  
                                        Genus Mioblatta Saussure and Zehntner, 1895  
                                        Genus Paraplecta Shelford, 1907  
                                        Genus Progonogamia Rehn, 1922  
                                        Genus Pseudoplatia Hanitsch, 1930  
                                        Genus Stegoblatta Anisyutkin and Gröhn, 2012  
                                        Genus Thliptoblatta Saussure and Zehntner, 1895  
                                        Genus Thoracopygia Saussure and Zehntner, 1895  
       

 References
       
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  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Cockroach Species File, Database (version Undefined)  
  Acquired: 2024   
  Notes: https://cockroach.speciesfile.org   
  Reference for: Blaberidae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Blaberidae, giant cockroaches [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Roth, Louis M.  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title: Systematics and phylogeny of cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattaria)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Oriental Insects, vol. 37   
  Page(s): 1-186   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0030-5316   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Blaberidae   
       

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