Giant Cockroaches

Giant cockroaches, or blaberids (family Blaberidae) are the second-largest cockroach family by number of species.^[1]

Notable species

Notable species within this family include:

• Cape mountain cockroach – Aptera fusca
• Dwarf cave cockroach – Blaberus atropos=Blaberus fusca
• Death's head cockroach – Blaberus craniifer
• False death's head cockroach – Blaberus discoidalis
• Dubia cockroach – Blaptica dubia
• Green banana cockroach – Panchlora nivea
• Madagascar hissing cockroach – Gromphadorhina portentosa
• Speckled cockroach – Nauphoeta cinerea
• Surinam cockroach – Pycnoscelus surinamensis
• Giant burrowing cockroach – Macropanesthia rhinoceros

Genera

Panesthia

Taxonomy note

Among the genera of uncertain subfamily, Eustegasta and Isoniscus have been removed from subfamily Perisphaerinae.

References

• "Blaberinae". uniprot.org. Retrieved 13 July 2021.