Giant cockroaches, or blaberids, are the second-largest cockroach family by number of species. Mostly distributed in warmer climates worldwide, this family is based on the American genus Blaberus, but much of the diversity is also found in Africa and Asia.
Blattidae is a cockroach family in the order Blattodea containing several of the most common household cockroaches. Notable species include:
Ectobiidae is a family of the order Blattodea (cockroaches). This family contains many of the smaller common household pest cockroaches, among others. They are sometimes called wood cockroaches. A few notable species include:
Periplaneta is a genus of cockroaches containing some of the well-known pest species with cosmopolitan distributions, such as:
The Phaneropterinae, the sickle-bearing bush crickets or leaf katydids, are a subfamily of insects within the family Tettigoniidae. Nearly 2,060 species in 85 genera throughout the world are known. They are also known as false katydids or round-headed katydids.
Neostylopyga is a genus of cockroaches described by Robert Walter Campbell Shelford in 1911.
Calolampra elegans is a species of cockroach in the family Blaberidae. It is found in Queensland, Australia.
The Pseudophyllodromiinae are a subfamily of cockroaches, in the family Ectobiidae, with a world-wide distribution.
Epilampra is a genus of cockroach in the family Blaberidae. There are more than 70 described species in the genus Epilampra.
Symploce is a genus of cockroach in the family Ectobiidae.
Ischnoptera is a genus of cockroach in the family Ectobiidae.
Salganea is a genus of South East Asian cockroaches in the subfamily Panesthiinae, erected by Carl Stål in 1877.
Pycnoscelus is a genus of cockroaches in the family Blaberidae. Species in the genus Pycnoscelus are recorded from India, China and SE Asia.
Deropeltis is a genus of African cockroaches in the family Blattidae, also known as hunchback roaches, erected by Hermann Burmeister in 1838.
Rhabdoblatta is a genus of cockroaches in the subfamily Epilamprinae. Species have been recorded from Africa, East, Southeast and South Asia.
Balta is a genus of cockroaches in the sub family Pseudophyllodromiinae. Found in Asia, Africa, Australia and Oceania. The genus was created in 1893 by Johann Tepper.
Anaplecta is a genus in the family Anaplectidae. There are at least 20 described species in Anaplecta.
Panesthiinae is a subfamily of giant cockroaches (Blaberidae) mostly found in Indo-Malaysia and Australia.
Allacta is a genus of SE Asian and Australian cockroaches in the subfamily Pseudophyllodromiinae.
Corydidarum is a genus of Asian cockroaches in the subfamily Perisphaerinae, erected by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1865. The recorded distribution is central Africa, India, China, SE Asia through to New Guinea.
