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Blattella Caudell, 1903
Taxonomic Serial No.: 102414

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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	Blaberoidea Saussure, 1864
	Family	Blattellidae Karny, 1921 – wood cockroaches
	Subfamily	Blattellinae Karny, 1921
	Genus	Blattella 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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Comments


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