| Periplaneta | |
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| Periplaneta americana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Blattidae |
| Subfamily: | Blattinae |
| Genus: | Periplaneta Burmeister, 1838 |
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Periplaneta is a genus of cockroaches containing some of the well-known pest species with cosmopolitan distributions, such as:
- Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758) – American cockroach
- Periplaneta australasiae (Fabricius, 1775) – Australian cockroach
- Periplaneta brunnea Burmeister, 1838 – Brown cockroach
- Periplaneta fuliginosa (Serville, 1839) – Smokybrown cockroach
- Periplaneta japonica Karny, 1908 – Japanese cockroach
- Periplaneta lateralis Walker, 1868 - the Turkestan cockroach
Species
The Cockroach Species File lists:
- Periplaneta aboriginea Roth, 1994
- Periplaneta affinis Saussure, 1869
- Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species (as Blatta americana Linnaeus)
- Periplaneta arabica (Bey-Bienko, 1938)
- Periplaneta arisanica Shiraki, 1931
- Periplaneta atemeleta Princis, 1966
- Periplaneta atrata Bey-Bienko, 1969
- Periplaneta atricollis Saussure, 1899
- Periplaneta australasiae (Fabricius, 1775)
- Periplaneta australis (MacLeay, 1827)
- Periplaneta banksi Hanitsch, 1931
- Periplaneta basedowi Tepper, 1904
- Periplaneta benzoni Princis, 1951
- Periplaneta bicolor Shelford, 1908
- Periplaneta blattoides Hanitsch, 1933
- Periplaneta brunnea Burmeister, 1838
- Periplaneta capeneri Princis, 1963
- Periplaneta caudata Bey-Bienko, 1969
- Periplaneta ceylonica Karny, 1908
- Periplaneta constricta Bey-Bienko, 1969
- Periplaneta cylindrica (Thunberg, 1826)
- Periplaneta diamesa Bey-Bienko, 1954
- Periplaneta ebneri Princis, 1951
- Periplaneta elegans Hanitsch, 1927
- Periplaneta ferreirae Princis, 1963
- Periplaneta fictor Princis, 1966
- Periplaneta floweri Hanitsch, 1931
- Periplaneta formosana Karny, 1915
- Periplaneta fuliginosa Serville, 1838
- Periplaneta fulva Bey-Bienko, 1969
- Periplaneta gajajimana Komatsu, Iio & Ooi, 2021
- Periplaneta indica Karny, 1908
- Periplaneta japanna Asahina, 1969
- Periplaneta japonica Karny, 1908
- Periplaneta kijimuna Yanagisawa, Ohgita & Komatsu, 2021
- Periplaneta lata (Herbst, 1786)
- Periplaneta lateralis Walker, 1868
- Periplaneta lebedinskii Adelung, 1903
- Periplaneta liui Bey-Bienko, 1957
- Periplaneta malaica Karny, 1908
- Periplaneta media Chopard, 1938
- Periplaneta methanoides Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898
- Periplaneta monochroma Walker, 1871
- Periplaneta nigra Princis, 1966
- Periplaneta nitida (Bolívar, 1890)
- Periplaneta panfilovi Bey-Bienko, 1969
- Periplaneta quadrinotata Princis, 1950
- Periplaneta regina Saussure, 1864
- Periplaneta robusta (Shelford, 1909)
- Periplaneta savignyi Krauss, 1890
- Periplaneta semenovi Bey-Bienko, 1950
- Periplaneta spinosostylata Krauss, 1902
- Periplaneta stygia Shelford, 1909
- Periplaneta sublobata Bey-Bienko, 1969
- Periplaneta suzukii Asahina, 1977
- Periplaneta svenhedini Hanitsch, 1933
- Periplaneta valida Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
- Periplaneta vosseleri Shelford, 1908
References
- Schafer, Rollie; Sanchez, Thomas V. (June 1976). "The nature and development of sex attractant specificity in cockroaches of the genusPeriplaneta. I. Sexual dimorphism in the distribution of antennal sense organs in five species". Journal of Morphology. 149 (2): 139–157. doi:10.1002/jmor.1051490202. hdl:2027.42/50261. ISSN 0362-2525. PMID 933170. S2CID 3164885.
- Lucañas, Cristian C. (2023-01-18). "Revisions on the genus Periplaneta Burmeister, 1838 (Blattodea: Blattidae: Blattinae) part 1: two new genera from the Philippines and Borneo". Oriental Insects: 1–16. doi:10.1080/00305316.2022.2164804. ISSN 0030-5316. S2CID 256077346.
- Cockroach Species File: genus Periplaneta Burmeister, 1838 (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 28 March 2024)
External links
Media related to Periplaneta at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Periplaneta at Wikispecies
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