Blattidae Temporal range: Cretaceous-Recent
American cockroach (Periplaneta americana)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Blattodea
Epifamily:	Blattoidae
Family:	Blattidae Latreille, 1810
Genera
See subfamilies and genera

Blattidae is a cockroach family in the order Blattodea^[1] containing several of the most common household cockroaches. Notable species include:

• Blatta orientalis: Oriental cockroach,
• Common shining cockroach: (Drymaplaneta communis)
• Florida woods cockroach: (Eurycotis floridana)
• Periplaneta spp: American cockroach, Australian cockroach, Brown cockroach, Smokybrown cockroach
• Shelfordella spp: Turkestan cockroach
• Botany Bay cockroach: (Polyzosteria limbata)

Subfamilies and genera

Archiblattinae

Auth. Kirby, 1904; distribution: SE Asia

• Archiblatta Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1862
• Catara Walker, 1868
• Protagonista Latreille, 1810

Blattinae

Auth. Latreille, 1810; distribution: Worldwide; synonym Duchailluiinae Roth, 2003

• Afrostylopyga Anisyutkin, 2014
• Apterisca Princis, 1963
• Blatta Linnaeus, 1758
• Brinckella Princis, 1963
• Cartoblatta Shelford, 1910
• Celatoblatta Johns, 1966
• Deropeltis Burmeister, 1838
• Dorylaea Stål, 1877
• Duchailluia Rehn, 1933
• Eroblatta Shelford, 1910
• Eumethana Princis, 1951
• Hebardina Bei-Bienko, 1938
• Henicotyle Rehn & Hebard, 1927
• Homalosilpha Stål, 1874
• Macrostylopyga Anisyutkin, Anichkin & Thinh, 2013
• Maoriblatta Princis, 1966
• Mimosilpha Bei-Bienko, 1957
• Miostylopyga Princis, 1966
• Neostylopyga Shelford, 1911
• Pelmatosilpha Dohrn, 1887
• Periplaneta Burmeister, 1838
• Pseudoderopeltis Krauss, 1890
• Scabinopsis Bei-Bienko, 1969
• Shelfordella Adelung, 1910
• Thyrsocera Burmeister, 1838
• †Bubosa Šmídová, 2020 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

Macrocercinae

Auth. Roth, 1993; distribution: Australasia

• Macrocerca Hanitsch, 1930

Polyzosteriinae

Auth. Tepper, 1893; distribution: central & South America, Pacific islands, Australasia

• Anamesia Tepper, 1893
• Cosmozosteria Stål, 1874
• Desmozosteria Shelford, 1909
• Drymaplaneta Tepper, 1893
• Eppertia Shaw, 1925
• Eurycotis Stål, 1874
• Euzosteria Shelford, 1909
• Laevifaciesquadrialata Liao, Wang & Che, 2019^[2]
• Leptozosteria Tepper, 1893
• Megazosteria Mackerras, 1966
• Melanozosteria Stål, 1874
• Methana Stål, 1877
• Platyzosteria Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865
• Polyzosteria Burmeister, 1838
• Pseudolampra Tepper, 1893
• Scabina Shelford, 1909
• Temnelytra Tepper, 1893
• Zonioploca Stål, 1874