Periplaneta

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title: "Periplaneta" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["periplaneta", "cockroach-genera"] description: "Genus of cockroaches" topic_path: "general/periplaneta" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periplaneta" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of cockroaches ::

| image = American-cockroach.jpg | image_caption = Periplaneta americana | taxon = Periplaneta | authority = Burmeister, 1838 | synonyms = *Cacerlaca Saussure, 1864

• Paramethana Shelford, 1909
• Shelfordella Adelung, 1910

Periplaneta is a genus of cockroaches containing some of the well-known pest species with cosmopolitan distributions, such as:

• Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758) – American cockroach
• Periplaneta lateralis - the Turkestan cockroach

Species

The Cockroach Species File lists:

1. Periplaneta aboriginea
2. Periplaneta affinis
3. Periplaneta americana - type species (as Blatta americana )
4. Periplaneta arabica
5. Periplaneta arisanica
6. Periplaneta atemeleta
7. Periplaneta atrata
8. Periplaneta atricollis
9. Periplaneta australis
10. Periplaneta banksi
11. Periplaneta basedowi
12. Periplaneta benzoni
13. Periplaneta bicolor
14. Periplaneta blattoides
15. Periplaneta capeneri
16. Periplaneta caudata
17. Periplaneta cylindrica
18. Periplaneta diamesa
19. Periplaneta ebneri
20. Periplaneta ferreirae
21. Periplaneta fictor
22. Periplaneta floweri
23. Periplaneta formosana
24. Periplaneta indica
25. Periplaneta japanna
26. Periplaneta lateralis
27. Periplaneta lebedinskii
28. Periplaneta liui
29. Periplaneta malaica
30. Periplaneta media
31. Periplaneta methanoides
32. Periplaneta monochroma
33. Periplaneta nigra
34. Periplaneta nitida
35. Periplaneta quadrinotata
36. Periplaneta robusta
37. Periplaneta savignyi
38. Periplaneta semenovi
39. Periplaneta spinosostylata
40. Periplaneta stygia
41. Periplaneta sublobata
42. Periplaneta suzukii
43. Periplaneta valida
44. Periplaneta vosseleri

References

References

1. (June 1976). "The nature and development of sex attractant specificity in cockroaches of the genusPeriplaneta. I. Sexual dimorphism in the distribution of antennal sense organs in five species". Journal of Morphology.
2. Lucañas, Cristian C.. (2023-01-18). "Revisions on the genus Periplaneta Burmeister, 1838 (Blattodea: Blattidae: Blattinae) part 1: two new genera from the Philippines and Borneo". Oriental Insects.
3. [https://cockroach.speciesfile.org/otus/863220/overview Cockroach Species File: genus ''Periplaneta'' Burmeister, 1838] (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 7 July 2025)

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