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Blaberus  Serville, 1831
Taxonomic Serial No.: 102420

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  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  
                                        SubfamilyBlaberinae Saussure, 1864  
                                           GenusBlaberus Serville, 1831  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Species Blaberus affinis Jurberg, Albuquerque, Rebordoes, Goncalves and Felippe, 1977  
                                              Species Blaberus amazonensis Lopes and Oliveira, 2013  
                                              Species Blaberus anisitsi Brancsik, 1898  
                                              Species Blaberus asellus (Thunberg, 1826)  
                                              Species Blaberus atropos Lopes and Oliveira, 2013  
                                              Species Blaberus boliviensis Princis, 1946  
                                              Species Blaberus brasilianus Saussure, 1864  
                                              Species Blaberus chacoensis Lopes and Oliveira, 2013  
                                              Species Blaberus colombianus Lopes and Oliveira, 2013  
                                              Species Blaberus colosseus (Illiger, 1801)  
                                              Species Blaberus craniifer Burmeister, 1838 – deathshead cockroach 
                                              Species Blaberus discoidalis Serville, 1838  
                                              Species Blaberus duckei Jurberg, Albuquerque, Rebordoes, Goncalves and Felippe, 1977  
                                              Species Blaberus fusiformis Walker, 1868  
                                              Species Blaberus giganteus (Linnaeus, 1758)  
                                              Species Blaberus latissimus (Herbst, 1786)  
                                              Species Blaberus macurus Lopes and Oliveira, 2013  
                                              Species Blaberus matogrossensis Rocha e Silva and Aguiar, 1977  
                                              Species Blaberus minor Saussure, 1864  
                                              Species Blaberus neofusiformis Lopes and Oliveira, 2013  
                                              Species Blaberus neomatogrossensis Lopes and Oliveira, 2013  
                                              Species Blaberus nigrocephalicus Lopes and Oliveira, 2013  
                                              Species Blaberus nigromaculatus Lopes and Oliveira, 2013  
                                              Species Blaberus parabolicus Walker, 1868  
                                              Species Blaberus parafusiformis Lopes and Oliveira, 2013  
                                              Species Blaberus paulistanus Lopes and Oliveira, 2000  
                                              Species Blaberus peruvianus Jurberg, Albuquerque, Rebordoes, Goncalves and Felippe, 1977  
                                              Species Blaberus peruvibolicus Lopes and Oliveira, 2013  
                                              Species Blaberus scutatus Saussure and Zehntner, 1894  
                                              Species Blaberus valleyanus Lopes and Oliveira, 2013  
                                              Species Blaberus yuracianus Lopes and Oliveira, 2013  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Cockroach Species File, Database (version Undefined)  
  Acquired: 2024   
  Notes: https://cockroach.speciesfile.org   
  Reference for: Blaberus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Blaberus   
       
  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   
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  Reference for: Blaberus   
       
  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   
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  Reference for: Blaberus   
       

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