Adults and subadults of Blaberus craniifer – the death's head cockroach
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Blattodea
Superfamily:
Blaberoidea
Family:
Blaberidae Saussure, 1864
Genera
See text
Synonyms
Blaberiens
Perisphaeridae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
Giant cockroaches, or blaberids (family Blaberidae), are the second-largest cockroach family by number of species.[1] 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.
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Giant cockroaches, or blaberids (family Blaberidae), are the second-largest cockroach family by number of species. Mostly distributed in warmer climates...
Xing Ping (2013). "Instar Determination of Blaptica dubia (Blattodea: Blaberidae) Using Gaussian Mixture Models". Annals of the Entomological Society of...
measure up to 7.5-8 cm (3.1 in) in length. It is a member of the family Blaberidae, which contains hundreds of species. It is part of the blaberid subfamily...
cockroach or Brazilian cockroach, is a cockroach belonging to the family Blaberidae. One of the world's largest cockroaches, it is native to the warm parts...
Naskrecki, Piotr (2004). "A new genus and species of cave cockroach (Blaberidae: Oxyhaloinae) from Guinea, West Africa". Journal of Orthoptera Research...
Naskrecki, Piotr (2004). "A new genus and species of cave cockroach (Blaberidae: Oxyhaloinae) from Guinea, West Africa". Journal of Orthoptera Research...
cockroach native to Central America of the "giant cockroach" family, Blaberidae. The adult is around 35–45 mm (1.4–1.8 in) in length, and is tan with...
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Pycnoscelus indicus to Its Bisexual Relative (Dictyoptera: Blattaria: Blaberidae: Pycnoscelinae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 60 (4):...
in the family Polyphagidae in Atkinson 1991, but is listed in family Blaberidae in ITIS and the Catalogue of Life. Bisby, F.A.; et al., eds. (2011). "Species...
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Naskrecki, Piotr (2004). "A new genus and species of cave cockroach (Blaberidae: Oxyhaloinae) from Guinea, West Africa". Journal of Orthoptera Research...
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family Blaberidae. It is found in Queensland, Australia. The cockroach genus Calolampra of Australia with descriptions of new species (Blaberidae). LM Roth...
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from China, with notes on the genus and species worldwide (Blattodea: Blaberidae: Diplopterinae)". Zootaxa. 4018 (1): 35–56. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4018...
Corydiidae (sand cockroaches) Blaberoidea Ectobiidae (wood cockroaches) Blaberidae (giant cockroaches) Blattoidea Classification is based on Inward et al...
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