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Periplaneta Burmeister, 1838
Taxonomic Serial No.: 102405

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
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	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2025

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Protostomia
	Superphylum	Ecdysozoa
	Phylum	Arthropoda – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods
	Subphylum	Hexapoda – hexapods
	Class	Insecta – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes
	Subclass	Pterygota – insects ailés, winged insects
	Infraclass	Neoptera – modern, wing-folding insects
	Superorder	Polyneoptera
	Order	Blattodea Latreille, 1810 – cockroaches, termites
	Superfamily	Blattoidea Latreille, 1810
	Family	Blattidae Latreille, 1810 – American cockroaches, oriental cockroaches
	Subfamily	Blattinae Latreille, 1810
	Genus	Periplaneta 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


	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:	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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	ISBN/ISSN:	0002-8320
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	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
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	Reference for:	Periplaneta

Geographic Information


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Comments


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