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Periplaneta
Periplaneta is a genus of cockroaches.
43 branches of this genus, most-observed first
American Cockroach
speciesPeriplaneta americana
Turkestan Cockroach
speciesPeriplaneta lateralis
Periplaneta ceylonica
speciesPeriplaneta ceylonica
Urushi Cockroach
speciesPeriplaneta japanna
Four-spotted Cockroach
speciesPeriplaneta quadrinotata
Periplaneta arabica
speciesPeriplaneta arabica
Periplaneta suzukii
speciesPeriplaneta suzukii
Periplaneta svenhedini
speciesPeriplaneta svenhedini
Periplaneta monochroma
speciesPeriplaneta monochroma
Periplaneta formosana
speciesPeriplaneta formosana
Periplaneta kijimuna
speciesPeriplaneta kijimuna
Periplaneta arisanica
speciesPeriplaneta arisanica
Periplaneta karnyi
speciesPeriplaneta karnyi
Periplaneta australis
speciesPeriplaneta australis
Periplaneta capeneri
speciesPeriplaneta capeneri
Periplaneta ferreirae
speciesPeriplaneta ferreirae
Periplaneta bicolor
speciesPeriplaneta bicolor
Periplaneta malaica
speciesPeriplaneta malaica
Aboriginal Cockroach
speciesPeriplaneta aboriginea
Periplaneta basedowi
speciesPeriplaneta basedowi
Periplaneta benzoni
speciesPeriplaneta benzoni
Periplaneta blattoides
speciesPeriplaneta blattoides
Periplaneta caudata
speciesPeriplaneta caudata
Periplaneta ebneri
speciesPeriplaneta ebneri
Periplaneta fictor
speciesPeriplaneta fictor
Periplaneta floweri
speciesPeriplaneta floweri
Periplaneta lata
speciesPeriplaneta lata
Periplaneta robusta
speciesPeriplaneta robusta
Periplaneta media
speciesPeriplaneta media
Periplaneta methanoides
speciesPeriplaneta methanoides
Periplaneta nigra
speciesPeriplaneta nigra
Periplaneta nitida
speciesPeriplaneta nitida
Periplaneta savignyi
speciesPeriplaneta savignyi
Periplaneta spinosostylata
speciesPeriplaneta spinosostylata
Periplaneta stygia
speciesPeriplaneta stygia
Periplaneta sublobata
speciesPeriplaneta sublobata
Periplaneta valida
speciesPeriplaneta valida
Periplaneta vosseleri
speciesPeriplaneta vosseleri
Periplaneta lebedinskii
speciesPeriplaneta lebedinskii
Periplaneta indica
speciesPeriplaneta indica
Periplaneta liui
speciesPeriplaneta liui
Periplaneta semenovi
speciesPeriplaneta semenovi
Periplaneta diamesa
speciesPeriplaneta diamesa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Periplaneta in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 82233.