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Giant Cockroaches
Blaberidae
Giant cockroaches, or blaberids (family Blaberidae) are the second-largest cockroach family.
31 branches of this family, most-observed first
Epilamprinae
subfamilyEpilamprinae
Pycnoscelinae
subfamilyPycnoscelinae
Blaberinae
subfamilyBlaberinae
Perisphaerinae
subfamilyPerisphaerinae
Panchlorinae
subfamilyPanchlorinae
Panesthiinae
subfamilyPanesthiinae
Oxyhaloinae
subfamilyOxyhaloinae
Zetoborinae
subfamilyZetoborinae
Geoscapheinae
subfamilyGeoscapheinae
Gyninae
subfamilyGyninae
Diplopterinae
subfamilyDiplopterinae
Paranauphoetinae
subfamilyParanauphoetinae
Eustegasta
genusEustegasta
Gynopeltis
genusGynopeltis
Rhabdoblattellinae
subfamilyRhabdoblattellinae
Hedaia
genusHedaia
Apotrogia
genusApotrogia
Pseudoplatia
genusPseudoplatia
Paraplecta
genusParaplecta
Pseudogyna
genusPseudogyna
Thliptoblatta
genusThliptoblatta
Phenacisma
genusPhenacisma
Progonogamia
genusProgonogamia
Derocardia
genusDerocardia
Diplopterina
genusDiplopterina
Elfridaia
genusElfridaia
Evea
genusEvea
Glyptopeltis
genusGlyptopeltis
Calolamprodinae
subfamilyCalolamprodinae
Mioblatta
genusMioblatta
Cacoblatta
genusCacoblatta
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 Blaberidae 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 84636.