Blattidae is a animal family in the Animalia kingdom, order Blattodea, class Insecta. The family contains 19 accepted species worldwide.
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Periplaneta fuliginosa Serville, 1838
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Eurycotis floridana (Walker, 1868)
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Periplaneta japonica Karny, 1908
Periplaneta japonica Karny, 1908 is a cold-tolerant cockroach that is primarily …
Drymaplaneta heydeniana (Saussure, 1864)
Drymaplaneta heydeniana is a cockroach species endemic to Western Australia and …
Blatta orientalis Linnaeus, 1758
Blatta orientalis, the oriental cockroach, is a large, flightless dark cockroach…
Methana marginalis (Saussure, 1864)
Methana marginalis is a large dark brown cockroach with a yellow body edge band,…
Drymaplaneta semivitta (Walker, 1868)
Drymaplaneta semivitta is a generally harmless cockroach native to Australia and…
Polyzosteria cuprea Saussure, 1863
Polyzosteria cuprea is a wingless, flattened charcoal-grey insect with distinct …
Periplaneta australasiae (Fabricius, 1775)
The Australian cockroach, Periplaneta australasiae, is a common small tropical c…
Polyzosteria mitchelli (Angas, 1847)
Polyzosteria mitchelli is a strikingly colored, wingless Australian cockroach fo…
Neostylopyga rhombifolia (Stoll, 1813)
Neostylopyga rhombifolia, the harlequin roach, is a flightless synanthropic cock…
Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Periplaneta americana (American cockroach) is a large, fast nocturnal cosmopolit…
Blattidae animals belong to the Blattodea order in the Animalia kingdom. It is slightly smaller than the American cockroach, and can be distinguished by a yellow margin on the thorax and yellow streaks on its sides near the base of the wings. For instant identification, use the iNature app — AI-powered and works offline.
Blattidae is classified in the order Blattodea, class Insecta, phylum Arthropoda. Both sexes also have a distinctive black and yellow body pattern.
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